The Great Migration: Diverse Reasons Why Black Americans Moved North

[@torinowens6103]

Black Americans are Survivors! We've proved it now for 400 plus Years. 1love

[@pinkglow15]

For sure!!! Strength!!!

[@Ingspinipsgni]

*Africans

[@fanelemabaso2514]

No, Africans are survivors. Collectively. Here on the continent, we have had it as hard as any other African elsewhere in the world. Thats why I always challenge you guys to call yourselves Africans not Black Americans, caz at the end of the day thats what you are.

[@Abyssosdarkos]

Yes indeed

[@KJudah]

@@fanelemabaso2514 nah we like black American Africa is tribal and we’re our own 👌🏽

[@dezbiggs6363]

My great great uncle was being hunted by the KKK in the Carolinas. His father took him to the train station and immediately put him on the first train going up north. It was going to Pittsburgh and the rest of the family followed when they could.

[@mahashapetty7717]

Really victor ia

[@mahashapetty7717]

@@victoriagomez3646 🤯

[@omerta2099]

My last name Bailey & I’m from Pittsburgh

[@reginasmith6276]

That makes me wanna cry....

[@politickingwithprecious]

My family went to Philly from SC. It’s so cool learning our roots. Important too

[@MrMetro-mt5qv]

And when our families arrived in the North-West, they were faced with covert racism, and racial covenants.

[@colprincess8579]

@mic mac Is all in your head.

[@vmodez]

This also exist today in the u.k.

[@MrMetro-mt5qv]

@@colprincess8579 You can simply look up racial convents. 🙄

[@colprincess8579]

@@MrMetro-mt5qv Not in our lifetime, you are free to go where ever you please.

[@MrMetro-mt5qv]

@@colprincess8579 But my wealth doesn’t reflect that. Due to these racial covenants, and other oppressive tactics of our early days, we have far less wealth than other Americans. You should read “From Hear To Equality” by Dr. William Sandy Darity, or “When Affirmative Action Was White” by Ira Katznelson, you will see how sabotage of the past, still reverberates to this ver day.

[@donjuanbanks4552]

The Warmth Of Other Suns is a great book that goes into detail about the Great Migration

[@alfonsom8286]

Thanks, I've seen this book in my "recommendations" on Amazon, I will order it.

[@donjuanbanks4552]

@@alfonsom8286 it’s absolutely wonderful

[@jonothandoeser]

Yes, excellent book on the subject! Well researched!

[@donjuanbanks4552]

@@jonothandoeser yes....I felt like I was reading about my family

[@donjuanbanks4552]

So true

[@christinerose9561]

My Grandparents were in it. My grandmother was 15 when she took a train from South Carolina to a stepsister in NYC. My grandfather after the Army was asked to be released into NYC to never return to Alabama ever again. The intensity of the racism in the south including the massive arson on their business, homes and houses of worship was unbearable. Thanks for this short vid.

[@donjuanbanks4552]

I love it....same here...my mother’s grandmother is from SC and my dad is from SC

[@ZuluLessonswithThando]

I'm thankful that your grandmother made that number. This story needs to be told. We need to flood the internet, books, magazines, all types of media with our stories.

[@skinnylozano9707]

u know 50 cent went back to his family and they lived in south carolina

[@peterhickman9082]

My great-grandparents moved from Durham, NC, to Brooklyn NY. My grandparents got married shortly after the Loving act, moved to Massachusetts, and got a cross burned on their lawn. It's scary stuff. (The Loving act was the law that allowed African-Americans to marry White people, my grandmother was African-American, my grandfather white.)

[@sexychocolateable]

Yes my grandma left Louisiana and ended up in New York in 1939 I thank her everyday for the sacrifice she made.

[@grapeshot]

My grandfather's on both my paternal and maternal sides after fighting in World War II, they both went North. I got to talk to my grandfather on my paternal side he said he went North after serving in the military because he was looking for opportunities plus the South wasn't very kind to returning Black veterans.

[@warrent5587]

That's so sad 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@zeroturn7091]

This is true my grandfather couldn’t use his VA home loan. He eventually paid off his mortgage.

[@Monaedeezy]

My grandparents and their families on both sides Migrated to Chicago, Detroit, and LA from Mississippi. Life was hard for them. Jim Crow was indeed an extension of slavery.

[@juswavvy9634]

Being from the south alot of black people from chicago talk with an accent that sounds southern

[@socgod3834]

@@juswavvy9634 I thought I was the only one who noticed this. It sounds like it’s own thing but there’s definitely some southern influence there

[@kamilahdawnali]

My family was apart of the first and second wave of the Great Migration. LA, Detroit & Chicago. They became business owners and professionals. We no longer have family in the South. We did a family reunion there once to honor our ancestors. Thanks for the video. ✨

[@bubblybubbles4023]

You probably still have family in the South, just do a look into your geneology. You may have distant cousins in the South.

[@moblack5883]

Yep you still have family there

[@benjaminlamptey1867]

As a continental African who spent much time in the US and lived around African Americans, it's great to learn more about their history. It really puts things into perspective and enhances my understanding of that strange land (America can be confusing at times).

[@bubblybubbles4023]

We need to bridge the gap and come together there's a lot of misunderstanding and misinformation going around within the black american and african communities. We are all brothers and sister Africans and black Americans need to come together.

[@bubblybubbles4023]

@Fatima Dampha it's just ignorance., I believe that both sides need to learn about the other l. When you learn about ppl it makes you develop respect. Also whites are the ones that started the lies on both sides.

[@bubblybubbles4023]

@Fatima Dampha I believe ppl are being paid to promote division. Ppl of African descent are the most reviled on earth so nobody wants us to unite.

[@barbram8001]

@@bubblybubbles4023 Truth!

[@peter-panwannabebootyscatchers]

No such thing as an AFRICAN AMERICAN

[@nathan9368]

On my mother side they moved from North Carolina to California

[@JV-dj6mo]

That’s crazy. From what I’ve heard, almost all AAs in Cali are either from Louisiana or Texas

[@OliviaBaeBy]

I'm taking a AA history class! Its one of my favorite classes. Black people wouldn't look at themselves the same.

[@AgentK200]

How can I take the class?

[@blackstarmedia1410]

Well done sista👍🏽

[@rob3791]

That's great, but if a white person is teaching it, you probably should fact check as much as you possibly can.

[@kennyb1588]

@@AgentK200 community colleges offer them for sure and a lot of higher education schools do

[@OliviaBaeBy]

@@rob3791 Actually not the case in college AND my instructor is white but made it clear that he only teaches the class when there is no black instructor available for that semester! He also said that many African Americans are surprised by the course. Books, books, books! I can give you the 3 books I have to read for the course.

[@jayjones8856]

My family started migrating from Virginia to New Jersey in 1919. They migrated due to better economic opportunities. The elders in my family mentioned that there wasn't much racial tension in their town and they had been there thousands of years before Europeans arrived.

[@kevingomez-johnson140]

We was already here baby!

[@bfer95]

Some of my family came from Arkansas and Mississippi to Chicago

[@MZJENB1372]

"The worst place there is better than the best place here" Wow, that was deep. I am ashamed I never knew this happened..

[@blackstarmedia1410]

The exodus from the south was the best thing for African Americans since being freed. They were able to make their presence felt throughout the country.

[@pharaohfilipe]

That is very true it really put Black culture on the spotlight. As a Native American i think we should have our Great Migration to the cities because the reservations are just camps for us to die in, the white mans govt will never give land back, and we will have a chance of making it in the big cities. My dads side left the rez permanently, settling in New York and Florida to be really close to home opposing Oklahoma where we were forced at.

[@JK-gu3tl]

Poverty dropped dramatically.

[@jaxthewolf4572]

@@pharaohfilipe Yes I'm African American and my Lakota friend(who lives well in Oregon) told me about those damn reservations. And I'm here to offer my support to the native american people. Some of us african americans created our own thriving neighborhoods, I have faith that natives can do the same. 👍🏾

[@DarkLadyJade]

My dad is from the South and he described leaving as an escape. I think that's very telling.

[@askariseraphim]

My grandparents moved to boston during the great migration. REST IN POWER GRANDPARENTS

[@CyNiiCaL_nR7Gaming]

As a white Canadian whose taking a university class on the USA which much of the focus being on the reconstruction era and after, I thank you for deepening my understanding. A little off topic not really the other day I found a video of ex slaves talking around the 30s about their time in slavery and one ex slave said the most amazing thing. it was something like "You still have the disease you can't free me, you can't give me the right to be human, I was born with those. Now you may own the police, the law and take those rights away but you can never give me those rights." It felt insanely powerful and moved me a lot.

[@peter-panwannabebootyscatchers]

WHITE is a colour not person's/ppl

[@TreyMessiah95]

oh stop that fake liberial nonesense, Canada has an LONG history of treating black people like garbage

[@karenl7786]

My paternal grandparents moved their family from Mississippi here to Chicago. There's a whole bunch of Delta folks up here.

[@Demographicsoul662]

To add more info to HomeTeam History video: Great Migrations happened generally in twofold; 1910s-40 & 40s-60s. Even after the exodus Aframs still residing majority in the South. 1 theme that's overlook is that it was a shift from being small town/rural living to Large city/Suburban living nationwide ( yes including the South). Rascist violence was a significant factor yet Economics trump that by a moderate margin. Keep up the vids & peace.

[@rudybrooks3722]

I'm from Texas and some of my family migrated to California.

[@ZuluLessonswithThando]

I cannot stress how much I appreciate your videos.

[@sonofra9752]

He does an awesome job. As a continental, I believe we need to understand the diaspora just as much as they need to understand the motherland.

[@samoorebp]

Love hearing and learning the truth about our culture. And not the made up Lies taught in schools. Thank you family for sharing B1.

[@CarbonDFly25]

The first was “The Trail of Tears”

[@pharaohfilipe]

It was forced tho and it was to worse land while Black Americans found better quality of life in the North. Native Americans should have their Great Migration to the cities since the govt will never give land back and reservations are just concentration camps for us to die in.

[@pandoraheartsvd]

My relatives/great grandparents did this. I'm honestly glad.

[@donjuanbanks4552]

Our story...My grandmother from my mother is from South Carolina born in 1916....At 15 she’s moved to Chicago, then Philly, where I was born...My father was born in South Carolina and moved to Philly.......

[@PAHZAZZ]

Parts of my family come from Grenada Mississippi New Albany Alabama and Sumter South Carolina and we ended up in places like St Louis Missouri Chicago Illinois Cleveland Ohio I look at it as all my people just felt it was time to move on weather it was the racial violence or the lack of opportunity

[@pinkglow15]

My Grands moved from the Carolinas to NJ :-D

[@pinkglow15]

@@muffetnellon which part of jersey?

[@QueenCityFilmsComm]

Great short insightful video! Keep up the great work! 💪🏾✊🏾

[@kaybeeglide]

Good video. I was born in D.C. but my mom is from Lagrange, Ga so I spent a large portion of my life in Atlanta. It wasn’t bad by any means but I always felt like a fish out of water there. I’m back in D.C. (Va, which is still technically the south) now and I have no intentions of going back.

[@jamesthompson7424]

I feel you joe, im over the ATL

[@kevingomez-johnson140]

Yeah, My father abd family was born in Darlington south Carolina and moved to NW in the late 60s early 70s, and have family everywhere in the Mid Atlantic/Northeast and new England areas.

[@kiznkel]

I’m sitting here just imagining the emotional pain. Just that part alone was extremely horrific on a being. I’m hurting because my ancestors hurt. If you feel like I do WE ARE OUR ANCESTORS WILDEST DREAMS🥰 and we still suffer at this point

[@michaelmcclelland2208]

I really appreciate what you're doing in these videos, bro.

[@qadiryosdorthproductions268]

My maternal grandmother came to Baltimore from North Carolina and my great grandparents came from Virginia

[@henryjohnson7083]

There was slaves in Maryland….technically Maryland was the south

[@crystalsplace7163]

@@henryjohnson7083 It all depends on the part. Maryland slavery was weird.

[@kevingomez-johnson1389]

@@henryjohnson7083 Maryland is both a northern and southern state (Border state), Baltimore indeed in fact have a great migration due to sparrows point and the arrival of ethnic whites (Poles, Jews, Italians, Greeks), Even though percentage wise nowhere cities such as philly, NY, Chicago, Detroit, It still had that wave. DC even though it lacked the industrial background that Baltimore had, It too had a wave of NC Native blacks migrate to the city due to federal jobs, And DC and Baltimore are just as dense as any NE/Midwestern major city, Just smaller.

[@hometravel3205]

Awesome stream. Claude Brown’s book ‘ Manchild in the promise land’ explores the life’s of blacks in the north a generation later.

[@lisacox382]

That is an excellent book.

[@heathenthatheretic5960]

Sadly, most migrated only to be faced with more hatred and disparity only to turn back and accept the little to no payment for income in the south.

[@thecraplordsell4575]

They left for the opportunity and jobs. They knew they would be facing racism.

[@heathenthatheretic5960]

@@thecraplordsell4575 shit, I would have left regardless given all the hatred they were faced with alone.

[@thecraplordsell4575]

@@heathenthatheretic5960 yeah but we can’t let that from stopping us. Best we can do is stand our ground and succeed everywhere.

[@jaxthewolf4572]

@@thecraplordsell4575 Yes, agreed

[@afrocubano-americano9696]

I’m Black American on my mother’s side and my grandmother and her family on that side left West Virginia for NYC while on my grandfathers side is from Alabama but left for California(San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Compton) I wish I would have got the chance to ask them their story and why they moved to totally different environments.

[@mrcead]

I watched a presentation where the accounts of racial bias and segregation were taken from actual interviews but with the disclaimer that the black ex slaves giving the interviews were leaving out certain details and emotional responses because it was a white person doing the interviewing/questionnaires and they didn't want any trouble for telling the whole real truth so we have to cherish our still living elders and chronicle their experiences on our own with no dilution whatsoever

[@lisacox382]

Wow.

[@Therealmoseslupai]

Chi, Detroit, Harlem, etc.. all these places getting large amounts of black folk. I can’t imagine how it must’ve been during those times of the JIM CROW LAWS, KKK, but now I’m learning of it, keeping myself cultured in every aspect. As an East African brother. I can relate.

[@jaxthewolf4572]

Thanks for learning about our history. 👌🏾

[@JordanMNG]

My grandfather had to leave Alabama for Cleveland because he’d beaten a white man half to death after sleeping with his wife…

[@shotelco]

By far, the best action that helped Americans of African ancestry _wasn't_ any legislation that the Government did like Civil rights, or voting, or any of that BS. By far, the greatest action was Americans of African ancestry moving out of the South between 1910 and sometime in the 1960's. At The beginning of the Great Migration 96% of all "Blacks" lived in the South, and suffered an abject poverty rate of 93%. By 1958, before any of the major "civil rights" legislation, half of those Southern Blacks (6 million of the 12 Million) had migrated to other parts of the Country for better opportunities for them and their families. In 1958, the "Black" abject poverty rate was less than 45%. *This is an **_ACTION_** we did for ourselves.* Nobody gave this to us. Many people fail to notice it, but there is a *_Second Great Migration,_* in it's infancy currently occurring. Although it's very difficult to obtain the correct data (because the U.S. doesn't make the data public), but from what I can tell, about 128,000 Americans of African ancestry have _permanently_ abandoned this "Country" just in 2019 - to migrate to other Countries. Not just African nations, which have been a major destination, but to Nations all over the world that are exponentially favorable in terms of financial opportunity, but more importantly offer Americans of African ancestry true _Human Dignity._ Just 5 years ago, there were only 1,000 Americans of African ancestry expats in Ghana, today, there are more than 8,000. This final Exodus (Blaxit?) builds on the shoulders of the brothers and sisters that, despite family objections, member's of the community who were brainwashed into believing that religion would somehow save them, and other seemingly insurmountable hurdles - made their way out of a futureless situation. And just like the last Great Migration, a lot more people will be left behind - as today, even more of our Brothers and Sisters have been unfortunately conditioned to believe there is no better place for "Blacks" than on this modern Plantation called America.

[@maatikcivilization2174]

Wow, I respect your knowledge 👌🏾📚💛

[@debbiemarquis3231]

I know of a family that left Chicago... And is doing exceptionally well in Ghana... Very well indeed..there are also families migrating to the Gambia.. They are offered bland and citizenship.. They are also involved with developing villages nearby..

[@paulw1570]

Possibly the wisest comment & facts for POC i have seem on KZbin in years. Take your energy, tax dollars & commitment to a place its celebrated instead of barely tolerated by the Police or army of Karen's Peace 🙏🏽

[@rucianapollard4057]

During the Great Migration, most black people rode the train to their new destinations. The routes of the railway determined what parts of the country people would migrate to. Black people living in Alabama and Georia usually ended up in Cincinnati and Toledo, Ohio. Some traveled farther north, and ended up in Detroit (many Motown Records artists originated from Alabama and Georgia). Black people who lived in Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, usually ended up in St. Louis or Chicago. "The City of New Orleans," is the train route from New Orleans to Chicago. This is the train that Emmett Till traveled on when he came to Mississippi to visit relatives. Black people who lived in Texas and parts of Louisiana traveled west and ended up in Los Angeles and other parts of California. I thought it was interesting to find out how black people ended up in various parts of the country.

[@nillahoney5010]

This video came just in time for my essay haha. My English class is centered around the Great Migration. My professor had us read Isabelle Wilkerson’s “Warmth of Other Suns.” I highly recommend that book if you all want a continuation of this topic. Thanks for the video!

[@cherishamour9920]

My family left McComb, Mississippi and migrated to Rochester,New York after my grand uncles fought in the Korean war.Some of my family went to Chicago and California coming from Mississippi and Louisiana .

[@niecymichelle1]

My paternal grandparents moved from Georgia to New York. My Maternal grandparents said their parents were sold from Virginia to Mississippi then to Alabama where I currently live after leaving New York when I was 3.🥰

[@alfonsom8286]

My family also was sold from Virginia, they ended up in Alabama where I was born and raised till 18.

[@thecraplordsell4575]

Alabama sucks, why on earth would you want to live there.

[@asdfghjkl3003]

@@thecraplordsell4575 There are nice places like huntsville. The gulf coast of the state is also nice.

[@thecraplordsell4575]

@@asdfghjkl3003 Yeah But it’s not enough.

[@victorygeorge6458]

Great video Home-team 👏👏👏

[@josh47671]

My grandpa came up to Akron from Bude Mississippi for work and a better life , he always tells me of how he was treated down there by white peoples, he actually stumbled apon his friend being hung in the woods for talking back to a white man. It’s crazy how far we have come my people.

[@autobotdiva9268]

bude, ms....wow

[@josh47671]

@@autobotdiva9268 you hip to there?

[@autobotdiva9268]

@@josh47671 no, just reminded of my great gram town in GA. a place with 1 traffic light. My family is Nama so we were a "prize" back then.

[@JayeNovember]

I’m from Tylertown Mississippi

[@jacksonlandrum903]

Prior to the great migration, there was there Exodusters who began migrating from the south as early as 1789. Nell Irvin Pointer has a book on the history.

[@vikkicarr3255]

My grandparents was also apart of the great migration. Sadly once most blacks came up North they still faced the same racism as they did in the south. It was more subtle yet still effective. The worse thing the civil Rights movement fought for was integration. We was economically better off separated. Over 50 years later and as a whole we are still suffering. Psychologically, emotionally, and financially. Yes we have Oprah , Jay Z, Michael Jordan, etc. However generational wealth speaking we still haven’t arrived. Integration hurt us for generations.

[@HARYMILY]

I hate the fact that blacks in America had to face such cruelty with their contribution to the development of America. However, I am glad that their descendants have something to hold on to hope and the struggles that their ancestors had gone through. Today, many blacks are doing well, and more is to come. Blacks will always prevail over any adversity.

[@barbram8001]

I read, Isabel Wilkerson, first book, now I'm reading "Caste", looking at it on my coffee table.

[@barbram8001]

Read "The Warmth Of Other Suns", by Isabel Wilkerson.

[@donjuanbanks4552]

I’ve read it was absolutely great

[@coreyhaga2623]

Thank you for making such great videos I truly enjoy the history and culture you have brought to us to see . I must say this one in particular is my favorite . I am a new writer with two short stories and one more to finish the series . The migration you speak of really resonates with my stories on a level I didn't expect , although my stories are fiction this video really had my attention ! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@tiffanybrooks5791]

If you don't have a book or textbook, you should write one. If you do, where can I purchase it? Loving the history you're sharing ❤ Thank you!

[@normano6593]

My family orginally from North Carolina but moved to DC then moved to Philly. My grandpop was running from a white man and changed our last name

[@eps3154]

I think the migration north is still happening. If I could I would move to Canada because the way America treats POC still isn't it... the law still doesn't protect everyone and goes out of its way to jail our men. If I had a son, I would be looking into emigrating much more seriously as well. Thanks always for the important history lessons

[@juicyfruit9594]

My family didn't leave the south. Thank goodness.

[@thecraplordsell4575]

What do you mean “thank goodness” nothing special about the south.

[@aking4974]

@@thecraplordsell4575 nothing special about the north either

[@pharaohfilipe]

@@aking4974 idk they were both bad but in that time period I would’ve rather moved to the North than deal wit all the racist violence in the South.

[@dougjones7609]

My people left the south I was glad they did because it seems like they did better in life than the ones who stayed

[@jaxthewolf4572]

@@aking4974 The South is becoming too right wing. That's why the North is better

[@marcusf6846]

As much I’m not American born! We are one ✊🏾🙌🏾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾💥🙏🏾

[@niecymichelle1]

Our people are going to shocked when they learn who they really are and where they really came from!🥰

[@alfonsom8286]

The fact is, there were significant numbers of our people already in America when Europeans 1st arrived on our shores. However, that doesn't mean our people did not originate from elsewhere, we are also a product of forcibly being bred with our enslaved Brothers and sisters too.

[@niecymichelle1]

@@alfonsom8286 There were black people here before Europeans. And there were black people brought here and made slaves. What will shock some of our people is where we originally come from. Also who we really are and who erased and stole our identity.

[@YouTubeUzername]

Neecee Michelle lies, we came from Africa. The Africans that were here before the natives did not survive.

[@terrihenderson6483]

@@niecymichelle1 Yes they will if you can get them to listen..they look at you like you are annoying when trying to tell them..

[@alfonsom8286]

@@KZbinUzername , That's not exactly true, every European Explorer that came to the Americas all stated the skin color and physical characteristics of the people that greeted them, the characteristics described were that of both African people and what we call native Americans.

[@s.patterson5661]

This is a very important part of Black History month. You are very right. Me and my sister are teachers. She teaches math. One year we were tasked to decorate our doors. She illustrated 7 great migrations, of formerly enslaved Africans in America. She outlined important overlooked facts. Super, super important. . . . . . . . . .I love your channel.. .. . . . . . GREAT WORK always!!

[@peter-panwannabebootyscatchers]

BLACK is a colour not person's/ppl Stop being non existent person's/ppl

[@sharp_shot_1905]

U should do a vid about the Afro Colombian population of Buenaventura, which is currently under turmoil due to mishandling of the port by the Colombian government, mostly thanks to its racist history.

[@muchi1465]

Yes, do that. Go to the true north.

[@pharaohfilipe]

That would be very interesting, as a Colombian myself who has Indigenous ancestry i can tell u Latin America has its huge problems wit racism too.

[@zeroturn7091]

Knowing the history of the ancestors on my mother’s side, I don’t understand why they stayed in MS. On my father’s side my grandmother left for Chicago to attend college, but returned divorced. My father comes from a family of landowners that live in houses on the same street.

[@jonathanx4540]

Hello! You have some great quality content, keep up the great work! I was wondering if you could make a video on the monument's in Abyssinia prior to the ottoman backed adal war and the great oromo migration. Abyssinia used to host 180-190 castles prior to these events, today they have less 20 than. Futah al habesha is an eye witness testimony of the destruction by the muslims of these monuments. A section of one of the churches made of gold that got destroyed ⬇️ A description of the destruction of Mekane Selassie by an Arab chronicler (translated into English): It was a lavish Church located in Amhara province (nowadays south Welo) and it name means “the abode of the Trinity”. It construction was started by Emperor Naod (1494-1508) and completed by his son Emperor Lebna Dengel/Wanag Sagad. During the first Portuguese embassy who visited Ethiopia, Francisco Alvarez records seeing the church as it was being constructed but kept from entering it by the local clergy. He described the size was some 150 feet by 150 feet-wholly covered in gold leaf, inlaid with gems, pearls and corals. "The imam went to Makana Selasse, pausing with his force at its wall, and the imam, in amazement, entered it. His close friends entered with him. When he saw it, he was almost blinded by its dazzling brilliance. The church was embellished with gold and silver plates, encrusted with pearls. The door panels were made of wood [4.6 meters] long and [1.8 meters] wide. They had covered the top of it with embellishments of gold and silver, and above the gold there were precious stones of many colours. The church was [45.72 meters] long and its width was the same. The height of the topmost point was [68.6 meters]. Its ceiling and its courtyards were covered in plates of gold, and with images of gold. They were stupified by the worksmanship. The Muslims who had not entered it, yelled out to the imam saying, 'Open the door so that we can enter it, and take some pleasure in looking at it.' So he opened the door to them, and the Muslims swarmed in. The imam said, 'Whatever anyone takes shall be his part, apart from the plates.' So they set to work with a thousand axes, ripping out the gold and the precious stones which were in the church, from the time of the afternoon prayer, until the time of the evening prayer. Each took as much gold as he could carry. They enriched themselves with so much booty that they would never more be in want. More than a third of its gold was burnt in the church. The imam spent the night close by the church. The storyteller, may the Most High God have mercy upon him, says: The imam asked all the Arabs who were with him, 'Is there the like of this church, with its images of gold, in Byzantium or India, or in any other place?' They replied, 'We never saw or heard of its like in Byzantium or India or anywhere in the world.'"

[@leboyemichael4733]

Wow bro you're really creating good content on KZbin meh I really appreciate this video. This channel is helping people to learn about their history

[@tfh5575]

our people have been through so much and paved the way for so many to come here and prosper...when will we get our flowers?

[@sneedmando186]

Mine stayed, y’all come see us now

[@sexychocolateable]

My grandmother left the south in 1939 and ended up in New York

[@Aquil84]

My folks migrated from Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. My paternal great grandpop left because he had an issue with some terrorist and decided his life matter(if you can read between the lines). Folks were threatening to burn down his house and lynch him so he left and his wife followed.

[@kihro]

Its because of this I am a detroiter.

[@burtisaac1000]

Great work well needed.

[@jeanheard4615]

My grand mother was one of the people that ran away and move up north the north was the one who had abolished slavery and the slaves had songs that would let the slaves know not to run like gods gonna trouble the water that was telling the slaves not to run near the rivers they left the south for the north the south was not for the abolition of slaves

[@davidgarcia9372]

My family is from South Carolina sole still live there til this day my grandparents or great grandparents moved to the North others moved to the West.

[@amethystgayle5166]

And we're they all really explorers or just returning home.

[@thecraplordsell4575]

They never returned

[@samaat66]

Migration from Southern hell to northern hell,Midwestern hell,western hell...

[@rucianapollard4057]

True!!!

[@zeroturn7091]

Nailed it.

[@user-zx8de8op9l]

Well done

[@michelradford164]

This story was powerful it had touched my heart because what my father had told me about his father leaving Tennessee coming to Kentucky for a better life my fathers grandmother used to be a s*** like I say he will be 98 years old if he was still alive I can understand how hard it was for the from my father stories how he grew up

[@couproduc]

When we say we moved North, Africans think we moved to the Muslim part of the Country😂🤣🤪🙏🏾🌴🏖🌍

[@bubblybubbles4023]

What do you mean?

[@jaxthewolf4572]

Some of us did. Dearborn Michigan is heavily Islamic

[@wafalme851]

#FBA DO A VIDEO ON BLACK AMERICANS

[@edwardk4665]

This is one

[@wafalme851]

@@edwardk4665 yeah one event

[@lenardbarzey2788]

Go check out Dane Calloway videos on YT.

[@emmanuelervin5035]

@Trinidad Wayne true. That man is a con artist, and people still follow that fool.

[@peter-panwannabebootyscatchers]

BLACK is a colour not person's/ppl

[@javionriley8739]

The great migration was a over blown movement especially seeing how most black Americans stayed south & had better economic political gains seeing who we’re literally half of those southern state’s population,

[@mr5timewcwchamp]

Both sides of my family left the south in the 40’s/50’s. It’s crazy the stuff my grandparents would tell me sometimes

[@hassanburton669]

GREAT 👍🏿 VIDEO ROXBURY ROYALTY 🤴🏿

[@dragonflying007]

Damn, I love my people.

[@raegold024]

Strangely the Reconstruction movement is always skipped.

[@dreamfaith7]

The young lady on the cover looks just like the singer Kelis

[@jamesrbaylis6363]

The Forgotten Fugitive Slaves exodus into southern Ontario Canada 1710-1790s , originally 1710 was when ships brought to the colonies Angolans to the homesteads of Virginia's James River plantations, the colonist were unskilled in controlling their slaves, slaves(Angolans) ran west then north up to Lake Erie then to the mouth of the Detroit river crossing over into Canada, this trek took several months some integrated with the first nations of the regions, as time passed England offered fugitive slave land in upper Canada to farm (Swamp) in exchange that we fight for the Crown. . .we have fought in all the wars just a foot note in History. . it is very important to include All African Noth Americans when speaking of North American History. . .I have more detailed dates & Events if your willing to listen.

[@crystalsplace7163]

Thank you for sharing this history. I never knew. I’m currently doing research on ex slaves that escaped to Canada.

[@user-ge8jr4sx8y]

Is that Kelis in the thumbnail? 😆

[@colinmcewen9530]

the cottoncrop faliures were a big reason many southeren whites also moed north at the same time

[@81ghostface]

Your work is beautiful

[@dr.deannaellis-chopin7433]

Fantastic!!!

[@fionaclacken2024]

🖤🖤🖤👑👑💪🏾🔥💪🏾

[@fionaclacken2024]

@@stephengilchrist2935 you and your mama

[@krystalwilliams4442]

Brilliant brother

[@nunulove8702]

But it was Already Blacks from The North lol... Who had Never been from the South....

[@lisacox382]

Yes, that's true. But the black population in the north never did compare to the population in the south.

[@billyjoh4123]

Obviously blacks been fleeing north sice before the great migration.. You forgetting about the underground railroad during slavery but the black population in major cities like philly, NYC, Newark, Chicago, LA, ETC didn't see a boom in the black population until the early 20th century when the first great migration took place then the mid to late 20th century that's when the second one took place

[@Kikongolessons]

Thank you !

[@candicejoplin401]

It's so funny me and my man were just talking about this most of the the ppl here don't even talk about the south which is so strange 🤔 my grandmother told me flat out she hate the south I can't get it out of them what happened

[@dartavions]

Great video

[@tsheponcamane2018]

Thanks

[@larson917]

I just started the vid but my family is Louisiana from my knowledge. I'm sure it goes a Lil further but that's my fam tree wish I knew more

[@user-fh5cn5yb8b]

My granny(great grandmother) migrated from NC ( eden nc where her family from ). To westchester NY .&leaving my gma in the south, with her grandmother until she made enough money to send for my gma..

[@JK-gu3tl]

Economics was the main driver.

[@anthonya.troutman4272]

Love 💕😘💕💕💕 y'all.

[@juswavvy9634]

My family never left the south we stayed behind and fought back instead