Measuring the Winds of Chicago’s Great Black Migration
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I’ve long known about my paternal grandparents and their migration from Union Springs, Alabama to Chicago back in the 40s or 50s. But it wasn’t until recently that I began to research the deep historical significance of these times. Known as the Great Migration, this movement of Black Americans from the South to urban centers in the North, transformed Chicago and other northern cities like Detroit, New York, and Pittsburgh from around 1916 to 1970.
Measuring the Winds of Chicago’s Great Black Migration
Measuring the Winds of Chicago’s Great Black…
Measuring the Winds of Chicago’s Great Black Migration
I’ve long known about my paternal grandparents and their migration from Union Springs, Alabama to Chicago back in the 40s or 50s. But it wasn’t until recently that I began to research the deep historical significance of these times. Known as the Great Migration, this movement of Black Americans from the South to urban centers in the North, transformed Chicago and other northern cities like Detroit, New York, and Pittsburgh from around 1916 to 1970.