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Exodus of Southern Negroes to Northern Industry Alarms South
The article notes a large migration of African American workers from Georgia and other southern states to northern industrial centers. It cites wages rising ten to twenty times higher in the north, improved living conditions, and shorter hours, driven by labor demand, World War I effects, boll weevil damage, and reduced foreign immigration. Georgia leads migration rates. Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida follow, with national shifts to New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, California, and Michigan.
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Ater
J. S. Wannamaker
American Cotton Association
Cotton Belt
North
America
South
Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Germany
Erie Railroad
Florida
Jacksonville
New York
Erie
Jack
Sonville
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
Emmett J. Scott
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Louisana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Delaware
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
California
Michigan