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Why did the african americans move to the north?

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Occurred between 1916&1970

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They wanted to find better jobs and to escape segregation. They were bitterly treated still after the war from the southern elite and white poors' so they probably wanted to be with the people who had fought a war for them. They were seeking better lives.

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