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Title: How the Great Migration Shaped the American Political Landscape: A Statistical Analysis of the Relationship Between the Domestic Migration of African Americans and the Rise of the Democratic Party in the North
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Publication Year: 2017
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Abstract: One of the most defining events of the twentieth century in the United States was the mass migration of African Americans out of the southern states to the northern regions of the country. Historians estimate between 6 and 8 million African Americans made the trip from the Jim Crow states, driven by racial discrimination and the hope for a better life, to the more liberal parts of the country in the northwest and along the Pacific coast. 1 2 The major demographic shift of black communities settling into northern cities was accompanied by a transformation of America’s political landscape, as the Democratic party . . .
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Authors: McCallum, Thomas
Publisher: University of Houston
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Migration and Immigration, Other
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