20th century to present During the first half of the 20th century, thousands of blacks left Georgia and other southern states in what is known as the Great Migration. They were seeking work as mechanization reduced the number of farm jobs, and they were seeking more opportunities than in the Jim Crow South, where they were disenfranchised and socially oppressed.
20th century to present during the first half of the 20th century thousands of blacks left georgia and other southern states in what is known as the great migration they were seeking work as mechanization reduced the number of farm jobs and they were seeking more opportunities than in the jim crow south where they were disenfranchised and socially oppressed