The Factors that Prompted the Migration of African Americans into the U.S

4-3 FINAL PROJECT MILESTONE TWO: LARGER HISTORICAL CONTEXT
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4-3 Final Project Milestone Two: Larger Historical Context
Introduction
The immigration of the African American community into the United States of America is perceived as a fascinating element due to the levels of magnitude it contains. However, it is essential to establish that the immigration of this populace into this State may not be considered as a contemporary phenomenon as this aspect finds its roots in the period before the American state was developed as a state. It is, therefore, in order to propose a research to establish the factors that caused the great migration of African Americans into the United States. The study investigates the factors that prompted the migration of the African Americans into the United States of America.
Factors That Led to the Great Migration
According to Carl & Sandbur (1919) the mass migration of the African Americans transpired during the first half of the twentieth century. The first Great Migration was the movement of African Americans during World War I. Scholars focusing their studies on this wave of migration attributes its exodus to economic reasons. In 1930, economists, historians, and several sociologists developed approaches aimed at detailing evidence that was directed towards proving the African Americans who lived in the rural South underwent impoverished economic situations that went beyond their control, thus pushing them from their place of living.
On the other hand, Edmund (1955) alludes to the fact that the industrialization of the Northern urban areas resulted in the shortage of labor, hence led to an intensified demand for different finished goods, an aspect that pushed American Americans northward with the sole objective of getting jobs for economic stability (Edmund & Cronon, 1955). By equating money with power, this population believed in the fact that migration would be effective in securing their citizenship rights in the United States of America, a right they were initially denied in the South.
Participants
The African American’s were considered as the key participants in this migration as a result of the instability in the agricultural sector in the South that fueled the desperation. The African Americans, therefore, sought for other work opportunities such as the extraction of turpentine, the cutting of lumber at sawmills, cleaning, and cooking. The dissatisfactions in low wages saw most of the young African Americans migrate to the north in pursuit of employment (Frederick &Douglass, 1895). Fredrick and Douglass (1895) also detail that racial threats and economic motivations were in this case the primary aspects that caused the movement. The author argues that racial violen...