During the 1930 - 1940, The Great Migration occurred involving mostly African Americans. African Americans generally moved from the South to North because of social and economic despair. Socially, African Americans were experiencing racism towards the Southerners. They were not given full rights and even thought the 11 - 13th amendments gave them their rights. For example, they were not given the right to go to any school, their educational opportunities were not exercised, and public - truly was not public. Economically, they were give former jobs of their family members. Former slaves were given jobs that involved them working in the fields, "new slavery." Yet, many were not given jobs due to discrimination. While, they had no education so they could not have certain jobs. The Great Migration was a time period when Richard Wright decided to move to the North where more opportunities were being given.
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