[PAR] [TLE] Migration Series [SEP] The Migration Series, originally titled The Migration of the Negro, is a group of paintings by African-American painter Jacob Lawrence which depicts the migration of African Americans to the northern United States from the South that began in the 1910s.  It was published in 1941 and funded by the WPA. [PAR] [TLE] Great Migration (African American) [SEP] The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970.  Until 1910, more than 90 percent of the African-American population lived in the American South.  In 1900, only one-fifth of African-Americans living in the South were living in urban areas.  By the end of the Great Migration, 53 percent of the African-American population remained in the South, while 40 percent lived in the North, and 7 percent in the West, and the African-American population had become highly urbanized.  By 1970, more than 80 percent of African-Americans lived in cities, and by 1960, of those African-Americans still living in the South, half now lived in urban areas.  In 1991, Nicholas Lemann wrote that the Great Migration:
[PAR] [TLE] Migration Series [ SEP ] The Migration Series , originally titled The Migration of the Negro , is a group of paintings by African - American painter Jacob Lawrence which depicts the migration of African Americans to the northern United States from the South that began in the 1910s . It was published in 1941 and funded by the WPA . [PAR] [TLE] Great Migration ( African American ) [ SEP ] The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African - Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast , Midwest , and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970 . Until 1910 , more than 90 percent of the African - American population lived in the American South . In 1900 , only one - fifth of African - Americans living in the South were living in urban areas . By the end of the Great Migration , 53 percent of the African - American population remained in the South , while 40 percent lived in the North , and 7 percent in the West , and the African - American population had become highly urbanized . By 1970 , more than 80 percent of African - Americans lived in cities , and by 1960 , of those African - Americans still living in the South , half now lived in urban areas . In 1991 , Nicholas Lemann wrote that the Great Migration :
What is the name of the social movement depicted in Jacob Lawrence's paintings that involved millions of African-Americans moving out of the rural Southern United States?
What is the name of the social movement depicted in Jacob Lawrence 's paintings that involved millions of African - Americans moving out of the rural Southern United States ?
The Great Migration
The Great Migration