The Great Migration was a movement of more than 5 million Black Americans who moved from the rural South to the urban North between 1910 and 1970. Many people landed in Chicago.

Zoë Charlton, "Permanent Change of Station" (2022) in A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration at the Chicago Cultural Center (photo Patrick L. Pyszka, City of Chicago) CHICAGO — ...

Two Detroit ministers discuss women’s impact in the church and community during the Great Migration. Much is documented about the men who migrated to Detroit during the Great Migration. However, the ...

What was the Great Migration? According to the National Archives, “it was one of the largest movements of people in United States history. Approximately six million Black people moved from the ...

The “Black Church in Detroit” series examines the role of Black women during the Great Migration. American Black Journal’s "Black Church in Detroit" series looks at the influence Black women had in ...