The Great Migration: 6 Million Black Americans Fled the South — Here's What They Were Running From

Описание: 6 Million Black Americans Fled the South — Here's What They Were Running From.
The Great Migration changed America forever. This is the story of why they left, what they faced, and what they built.Between 1916 and 1970, more than 6 million African Americans left the rural South for cities in the North, Midwest and West. They were fleeing Jim Crow laws, segregation, sharecropping, racial violence and lynchings — and searching for jobs, safety, education and freedom.In this animated history documentary, we break down the Great Migration in simple terms: what caused it, how families traveled by train to Chicago, Detroit, New York and Philadelphia, what life was like when they arrived, and how this mass movement shaped Black history, American history and the civil rights movement that followed.If you want to understand African American history, the Jim Crow South, and how ordinary families made an extraordinary journey for a better future, watch this video till the end.What you'll learn:

Why millions of Black families left the South
What Jim Crow and sharecropping really meant for daily life
Where migrants went and how Northern cities changed
How the Great Migration shaped America today

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