Why did the african americans move to the north?

After the end of the Civil war, a great movement of people took place in the United States. This phenomenon was known as The Great Migration, and it involved the movement of black people from the southern states to the north of the country.

There were two main reasons for this migration. The first one was the fact that, although slavery had been abolished, black Americans continued to suffer racism and discrimination in the South. Many laws were passed in order to minimize their legal gains, and many people were openly hostile to the idea of inequality. Migrants hoped that the North would be more accepting of them. The second reason is the fact that Black Americans hoped to find more opportunities for work in the more industrialized and developed northern region.

- "the civil rights movements"

- "following the american civil war and abolition of slavery, the united states entered a period known as reconstruction, during which black americans continued to suffer from disenfranchisement, racial segregation, and economic oppression. beginning in the early 1950's, black americans launched a series of major campaigns of civil resistance, emphasizing the need for nonviolent protests and civil disobedience."

"such as the montgomery bus boycott of 1955-56, a campaign launched by rosa parks against the policy of racial segregation of the public transit system in alabama. “sit-ins” became popular across the american south, particularly in greensboro, north carolina, increase national sentiment."

- "the counterculture movement"

- "counterculture began to develop in the united states following the rise of conformity in american culture during the 1950s. by 1963, youth, particularly those of the white middle class, began rejecting the cultural standards and normality of their parents, opting for progressive attitudes instead. the movement gained momentum as the civil rights movement became increasingly successful and as the u.s. military intervention of vietnam began to take a negative turn."

"hippie counterculture moved further into popular culture following the summer of love in 1967 when thousands of people came together in the haight-ashbury neighborhood of san francisco. along with greenwich village in new york city, haight-ashbury became a hub for the counterculture movement."

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