Indeed, in some Southern communities the movement almost reached the proportions of an exodus.

Until the next census there is no means of estimating with any approach to accuracy the extent of this migration.

The truth is probably somewhere in between the published estimates which range from 300,000 to 1,000,000.

The investigations of the United States Department of Labor indicate the smaller number.
The motives for this northward migration are various.

The offer of higher wages is the most important.