Causes of Black Migration

     African Americans in the United States began to migrate to the North during World War I. The main reason for the great migration was because of lynching and violence taking place in the Deep South. Black men in the South were being terrorized against while black women were being sexually abused. African Americans moved to escape racism and prejudice in the South. The black community was being overwhelmed with poverty and racial inequality. African Americans migrated north after years of being economically, politically, and socially discriminated against. Industrial cities in the North provided black Americans with jobs and financial stability. African American men could practice the freedom of voting and had a better opportunity to educate their family. The racial attitudes of white men and women in the North were a little better than those in the South. They did face racism with some whites because they occupied the jobs that white people refused to work. The black family suffered from migration sometimes because there was not enough income being made in the north. African Americans urbanized cities in the north and formed neighborhoods which would later be termed ghettoes.