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First Great Migration (1915) During WWI, African-Americans living in the South became the targets of aggressive recruitment campaigns from northern businesses due to the
dwindling labor pool.
"Southern officials tried to slow the tide of migration by arresting or detaining afro-americans who tried to leave. Local police regularly searched departing trains for people they thought might be heading north."
https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1987/03/art5full.pdf. #Blackmastodon