Second Great Migration (African American)

Migrations in the US from 1940 to 1970 Graph showing the percentage of the African-American population living in the American South, 1790–2010.First and Second Great Migrations shown through changes in African-American share of population in major U.S. cities, 1916–1930 and 1940–1970 Part of a series on ethnicAfrican Americans History Periods Timeline Atlantic slave trade Abolitionism in the United States Slavery in the colonial history of the US Revolutionary War Antebellum period Slavery and military history during the Civil War Reconstruction era Politicians Juneteenth Civil rights movement (1865–1896) Jim Crow era (1896–1954) Civil rights movement (1954–1968) Black power movement Post–civil rights era Aspects Agriculture history Black Belt in the American South Business history Military history Treatment of the enslaved Migrations Great Migration Second Great Migration New Great Migration CultureLifeways Dance Family structure Film Folktales Music Musical theater Names Neighborhoods Newspapers Soul food Schools Education during the slave period in the US Education of freed people during the Civil War History of African-American education, after the Civil War Histo