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migration of African Americans  

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  • Migration has been a key process in the African American experience in the United States. African Americans were living primarily in the rural South at the end of slavery, but by the end of the 20th century they were concentrated in urban areas and were more regionally dispersed. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; African Americans, Migration of]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-J47CTPMV-P

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