Great Migration in America: Reasons, Risks, and Impacts

The Great Migration
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The Great Migration
The Great Migration was one of the large-scale movements of individuals in the United States. The Black populations in South American states migrated to Western, Northern, and Midwestern states of America. Different driving forces led to this massive movement, such as the search for economic growth opportunities, evading racial violence, and running to find freedom from the oppression of Jim Crow. However, several risks were involved with the relocation, impacting African Americans in various ways. This paper highlights the reasons, risks, and impacts of The Great Migration in America.
Reasons for the Great Migration
Various reasons influenced the Black people in South America to migrate to the Northern side of the United States. More than six million Black populations in America relocated from the rural South to other states in America between 1916 and 1970 (Roberts, 2018). Unsatisfactory economic opportunities in South America contributed to their relocation. World War I sent off able-bodied individuals to Europe to combat, creating job vacancies (National Archives, 2021). Consequently, many Black populations moved to Northern America and worked as industrial workers to fill job vacancies (Roberts, 2018). Besides, the standing bans in the country restricted individuals of color from other regions of the world from providing the needed labor supply in industries (National Archives, 2021). Therefore, the Black Southern populations took advantage of the vacant industrial workers' jobs and better wages, hence their relocation.
The persistent racial inequality across the South and the harsh segregationist laws influenced Black people to escape violence and build new places in public life. They actively fought against racial discrimination and social, political, and economic challenges during their relocation to build a Black urban culture (Roberts, 2018). Black Southerners further wanted to pursue economic opportunities, hence their Migration. Robert (2018) highlighted that the migrants provided forced labor under the sharecropping systems and segregation of Black codes, which had few economic opportunities. Therefore, the Black Southerners relocated to the North to pursue better economic opportunities. They also migrated to get freedom from Jim Crow's oppression. The Black people in South America experienced lynching, violence, and intimidation in the Jim Crow South, hence their Migration to other parts of the United States (Robert, 2018). Consequently, they relocated to seek freedom and better economic opportunities.
Risks Involved in the Great Migration
The African Americans, however, experienced several risks following their great migration move. They suffered an employment risk of working under dangerous and difficult conditions in the foundries, sl...