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In 1910, the African-American population of Detroit was 6,000. The Great Migration, along with immigrants from southern and eastern Europe as well as their descendants, rapidly turned the city into the country's fourth-largest. By the start of the Great Depression in 1929, the city's African-American population had increased to 120,000.
First and Second Great Migrations shown through changes in African American share of population in major U.S. cities, 1916–1930 and 1940–1970 In the context of the 20th-century history of the United States , the Second Great Migration was the migration of more than 5 million African Americans from the South to the Northeast , Midwest and West .
Black or African American alone 12.40% (percent in the race/percent in the age group) American Indian and Alaska Native alone 1.12% (percent in the race/percent in the age group) Asian alone 6.00% (percent in the race/percent in the age group) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone 0.21% (percent in the race/percent in the age group)
African-American News and Issues: Houston: Texas: 1996: Extant Africo-American Presbyterian: Wilmington: North Carolina: 1879–1938 [7] Defunct Afro-American Citizen, The: Charleston: South Carolina: 1899–1902 [8] Defunct Afro-American Courier: Yazoo City: Mississippi: 1926–19? [9] Defunct Daily Record: Wilmington: North Carolina: 1895 ...
Between 1850 and 1930, about 5 million Germans migrated to the United States, which peaked between 1881 and 1885, when a million Germans settled, primarily in the American Midwest. The Dakota Sioux had signed several treaties with the U.S. government, including the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux (1851) and the Treaty of Mendota (1851), which ...
“Immigration and Asylum Policies: Past and Present” is the title of the talk to be given on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at noon during this year's last Lunch with the League meeting of the League of ...
First and Second Great Migrations shown through changes in African American share of population in major U.S. cities, 1916–1930 and 1940–1970 The Second Great Migration was the migration of more than 5 million African Americans from the South to the other three regions of the United States.
African Americans have significantly contributed to the history, culture, and development of Illinois since the early 18th century. The African American presence dates back to the French colonial era where the French brought black slaves to the U.S. state of Illinois early in its history, [3] and spans periods of slavery, migration, civil rights movement, and more.