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Great Migration

movement of African Americans out of the rural Southern United States
Event human_migration Q1506365
Great Migration
undetermined; published in The Chicago Defender on September 4, 1920 · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Great Migration

Summary

Great Migration is a human migration[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of human_migration entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,060 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Migration is in the country of United States[3].
  • Great Migration's instance of is recorded as human migration[4].
  • Great Migration's Commons category is recorded as Great Migration (African American)[5].
  • Great Migration began on January 1, 1916[6].
  • Great Migration began on 1914[7].
  • Great Migration ended on 1970[8].
  • Great Migration's has cause is recorded as Jim Crow laws[9].
  • Great Migration's has cause is recorded as World War I[10].
  • Great Migration's has cause is recorded as Ku Klux Klan[11].
  • Great Migration's described at URL is recorded as http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/great-migration[12].
  • Great Migration's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[13].

Body

When and Where

Recorded start time include January 1, 1916[6] and 1914[7]. Great Migration ended on 1970[8]. It is in the country of United States[3].

Context

Great Migration's instance of is recorded as human migration[4].

Why It Matters

Great Migration ranks in the top 2% of human_migration entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,060 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

It has been cited as an influence by Harlem Renaissance[16], a group action[17].

FAQs

Who did Great Migration influence?

Great Migration has been cited as an influence by Harlem Renaissance[16].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . history.com. Retrieved . history.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . history.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . history.com. Retrieved . history.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . history.com. Retrieved . history.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . history.com. Retrieved . history.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Great Migration. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/great-migration
MLA “Great Migration.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/great-migration.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_great-migration_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Great Migration}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/great-migration}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    End time → —
    Start time → +1916-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1914-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → human migration
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987012408534905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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