CULTURETECHLENSGreat Northern Drive
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Combined Graph record U-02356 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-E-0117. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Chicago Defender campaign urging southern Black migration North; paper also warned against frauds the same year
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Chicago Defender campaign urging southern Black migration North; paper also warned against frauds the same year
Sources
- Smithsonian Magazine — 'The Chicago Defender, an Iconic Black Newspaper, to Release Its Last Print Issue,' July 9, 2019, quoting PBS (tier 3 / Smithsonian, fetched in full) (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
The Chicago Defender declared May 15, 1917 as the date of the 'Great Northern Drive,' as part of its campaign encouraging Southern Black Americans to migrate North (editorials, cartoons, job listings and train schedules); the Defender is considered a major driver of the Great Migration. Stored date 1917-05-15 and campaign description confirmed.
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