Voluntary migration often occurs for economic reasons; the "Great Migration" of African Americans to Chicago after WWI is an exa
mple of this type of movement. This article discusses the challenges and triumphs of Chicago's newest residents. Read the descriptions of the documents and write a short paragraph describing the ways new residents helped each other, as well as the challenges they faced.
The Chicago Defender was a successful in make blacks to migrate from the South to Chicago. It was listed names of churches and other organizations to whom they could write for help. The geographic isolation and discriminatory school policies made urban blacks gradually lowered the quality of their public education system and inspired the use of stopgap measures to solve such problems as overcrowding.
