What were the reasons African Americans migrated from the rural south to the industrial cities of the north?

The south was still prejudice against them. They were able to get jobs up here and live out their lives like any regular American.

The Great Migration, or the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from 1916 to 1970, had a huge impact on urban life in the United States.