America at 250: How the Great Migration helped lay the foundation for the civil rights movement

Source CBS Local
Original Load Date April 3, 2026, 11 p.m.
Last Updated April 3, 2026, 11 p.m.
Original URL https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/america-at-250-great-migration/

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Starting in 1916, more than 7 million Black Americans left the South, and Chicago became one of the primary destinations of the Great Migration, with hundreds of thousands settling in the city; educators, architects, farmers and more in search of a better life. "There is a promise. There is a tale....