To the West and the North
Time: 1940s
Place: West Coast, U.S.
Details: From 1940 through 1970, in the second wave of the Great Migration, more than five million black people left Texas, Louisiana and other parts of the South for the North and the West Coast. As historian Isabel Wilkerson writes, "The people from Texas took Juneteenth Day to Los Angeles, Oakland, Seattle, and other places they went".
‹ Earlier in historyPrime Minister Pétain moved the government to VichyTuesday Jul 2, 1940 Later in history ›A British naval attack on French Navy ships at the naval baseWednesday Jul 3, 1940
Best-effort ordering. Some events may appear out of order since many are only known to the year, but they are usually around the same period.