These Afro-Americans mainly migrated due to racist pressures from the south states and also express their talents in order to gain rights and recognition. This mass movement of humans was termed as the Great Migration, THE BIGGEST IN HUMAN HISTORY! IT HAD two major migrations: the first migration, a movement of 1.5 million people from the rural areas of south to industrial areas of the north. the second was the movement of 4.5 million people. they moved to escape lynching as well