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In the context of the 20th-century history of the United States, the Second Great

Migration was the migration of more than ve million frican mericans from the

South to the !orth, Midwest and "est# It too$ %lace from &'(&, through "orld

"ar II, and lasted until &')0#*&+ It was much larger and of a dierent character

than the rst Great Migration &'&0.&'(0/#

In the Second Great Migration, more than ve million frican mericans moved

to cities in states in the !orth, Midwest and "est, including many to alifornia,

where 1os ngeles, a$land, and 1ong 3each oered many s$illed 4o5s in the

defense industry# Most of these migrants were already ur5an la5orers who came

from the cities of the South# In addition, some frican mericans were still

treated with discrimination in many %arts of the country, and many sought to

esca%e this#*&+

ontents

& Ur5an settlement

2 Statistics

6 See also

( 7eferences

8 9urther reading

: ;xternal lin$s

Ur5an settlement

om%ared to the more rural migrants of the %eriod &'&0-&'60, many frican

mericans in the South were already living in ur5an areas and had ur5an 4o5s$ills 5efore they relocated#

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frican mericans 5ecame more unioni=ed they 5ecame $nown as the churches

and ministers#

frican mericans develo%ed original religions and hristian movements, such as

the !ation of Islam and %redominantly-5lac$ dominations within the ?entecostal

movement

Statistics

3lac$s as a C of the ?o%ulation 3y U#S# 7egion &'00.&')0/*6+

7egion &'00 &'&0 &'20 &'60 &'(0 &'80 &':0 &')0

!ortheast >C 'C 2#6C 6#6C 6#>C 8#&C :#>C >#>C

Midwest 'C >C 2#6C 6#6C 6#8C 8#0C :#)C >#&C

"est 0#)C 0#)C 0#'C C C 2#'C 6#'C (#'C

South 62#6C2'#>C2:#'C2(#)C26#>C2)C20#:C&'#0C

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