ww1: great migration: Chris Honaker

The Great Migration

                For the first time in history, African Americans were being recruited to northern cities to work in factories. Started by Henry Ford, factory owners would promise them plentiful work and high wages to move north. Between 300,000 and 500,000 African Americans moved from the south to occupy these jobs. Known as the “Great Migration,” the racial makeup of northern cities was greatly and forever changed. Before the majority of people in these cities were whites, and now the population was more diverse and much higher.