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Title: African American Migration to the North: New Evidence for the 1910s

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Publication Year: 2002

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Abstract: The years between 1910 and 1920 witnessed the first wave of the "Great Migration" of African Americans to the North. This article uses new census data from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series project to study self-selection Patterns in African American migration during this important decade. The results indicate that, contrary to contemporary accounts, migration rates rose at least as much among the literate as among the illiterate (and perhaps more), and migration increased more for married African Americans than for the unmarried.

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Authors: Maloney, Thomas N.

Periodical (Full): Economic inquiry

Issue: 1

Volume: 40

Pages: 1-11

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

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