The Great Migration Was Actually One Of Our Largest Movements Towards Freedom
Black History Year
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🗓️ 15 February 2024
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They bought one way tickets and said goodbye to everything they knew. Many were terrified to leave, but they knew staying behind wasn’t an option either.
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| 0:00.0 | They bought one-way tickets and said goodbye to everything they knew. |
| 0:07.0 | Many were terrified to leave, but they knew staying behind wasn't an option either. |
| 0:12.0 | This is two minute black history. What you |
| 0:15.4 | didn't learn in school. |
| 0:17.0 | The Great Migration has been slept on as a freedom movement. |
| 0:28.0 | Between 1910 to 1970, roughly 6 million black people vacated the south. |
| 0:35.8 | They bought one-way tickets, only took what they could carry, and said goodbye to everything |
| 0:41.1 | they knew. Many didn't know what lay ahead, but they knew staying |
| 0:45.9 | with a death sentence. From 1882 to 1968, roughly 4,743 lynchings occurred in America. |
| 1:06.7 | Our people migrated for safety and out of necessity. |
| 1:11.0 | Many sought better employment and educational opportunities. Before 1910, 90% of America's |
| 1:18.0 | black population lived in the South. By 1970, 47% of our community had migrated, bringing their recipes, slang, music and |
| 1:29.4 | dances, style, genius, and other cultural practices right along with them. |
| 1:35.0 | Without the migration, movements like the Harlem Renaissance, civil rights, |
| 1:40.0 | and the Black Power Movement may not have been possible. |
| 1:43.7 | The Great Migration is one of our freedom movements with the most longevity. |
| 1:50.0 | Wherever Black people move, greatness, wealth, and liberation follows us. |
| 1:55.6 | So let's be intentional in how we move, where we move, and who we move with. |
| 2:07.0 | Let's move towards black joy and abundant. In order to move towards the future, |
| 2:10.0 | you've got to look to the past. |
| 2:12.0 | This has been two minute black history, a podcast by Push Black. |
| 2:17.0 | If you enjoyed this episode and want to show your support, |
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