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“In the closing years of the nineteenth century, African-American historians began to look at their people's history from their vantage point and their point of view.”

People Years Looks Views Century Point Of View African American Historian Closing Nineteenth Century Vantage Point

Author:John Henrik Clarke

“At the beginning of the 20th century, before the migration began, 90 percent of all African-Americans were living in the South. By the end of the Great Migration, nearly half of them were living outside the South in the great cities of the North and West. So when this migration began, you had a really small number of people who were living in the North and they were surviving as porters or domestics or preachers - some had risen to levels of professional jobs - but they were, in some ways, protected because they were so small.”

People Way Ends Jobs Levels Numbers Cities Half Century Percent West South African American Protected Preacher 20th Century Surviving Risen Migration Great Cities Small Numbers

Author:Isabel Wilkerson