Question

The Great Migration is an important historical period. It had a huge impact on our country. It occurred from 1916 to 1970 and is best described as a period

when about five million rural and urban southern African Americans migrated to northern cities of America. During this time, African Americans left the rural
and urban South to escape the hardships of impoverished and often dangerous lives.

What were the people who joined this migration fleeing? What kinds
of challenges faced migrants when they arrived in the North? Did they face discrimination in their new homes?

(PLEASE BE ACCURATE!!! Also please explain in your own words!! THANK YOU!!)

Answer 1

Black people who migrated during the second phase of the Great Migration were met with housing discrimination, as localities had started to implement restrictive covenants and redlining, which created segregated neighborhoods, but also served as a foundation for the existing racial disparities in wealth in the United States.