The Great Migration And The Story Of Robert Pershing Foster

NameInstructor’s NameCourseDateThe Great MigrationIntroduction The Great Migration which is sometimes referred to as the Black Migration of the Great Northward Migration was the movement of African Americans across the United States between 1916 and 1970. The movement involved 6 million African Americans who set out from the rural parts of the Southern United States to other parts of the country such as the Northeast, the West, and the Midwest. The movement was primarily sparked by the poor economic conditions in the South along with the prevalent racial discrimination and segregative practices. The Southern States embraced the Jim Crow Laws that enforce racial segregation (Wilkerson). The impact of the Great Migration was strongly felt across America because for the most part, these migrants moved to the largest cities in the country at the time. These cities included Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Los Angeles, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Washington. At the time, these cities played an important political, economic, and social role in the United States. Upon moving to these cities, African Americans managed to establish their own influential communities. Despite the agony of leaving their homes in the South and the