The Great Migration, a movement in the early and mid-20th century in which an estimated six million Black Southerners moved to Northern cities in search of better jobs and an escape from racial violence, spread blues music to urban centers such as Chicago. This migration, especially during World War II, helped popularize blues and jazz in the North and led to the development of new music styles such as Chicago blues.
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