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title: "During the first three decades of the twentieth century, what was the main reason many African Americans left the South?"  
description: "During the first three decades of the twentieth century, what was the main reason many African Americans left the South?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-04-25  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41657/during-the-first-three-decades-of-the-twentieth-century-what-was-the-main-reason-many-african-americans-left-the-south  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# During the first three decades of the twentieth century, what was the main reason many African Americans left the South? 

During the first three decades of the [twentieth century](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41536/what-were-tenement-apartments-at-the-turn-of-the-turn-of-the-twentieth-century), what was the main reason many [African Americans](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42788/during-world-war-i-how-did-the-lives-of-african-americans-in-the-military-reflect-the-lives-of-african-americans-at-home) left the South?


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