Introduction. 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.reat Migration: Life for Migrants in the City. By the end of 1919, some 1 million blacks had left the South, usually traveling by train, boat or bus; a smaller number had automobiles or even horse-drawn carts.
It's going to be a Gray summer for the Dave Matthews Band. Soul singer Macy Gray has been tapped to open at least 14 dates on the Charlottesville, Virginia, jam rockers' summer tour in support of their fourth studio album, Everyday, which hits stores on Tuesday. Gray will join Matthews and company on May 18 in San Francisco and tour with the band until at least July 15 in Dallas.
Paul Gray. Paul Dedrick Gray was the bass player of the band up till May 24th 2010 and was part of the original Slipknot line-up. Unlike the rest of the band, he was in fact born in Los Angeles, but he resided in Des Moines Iowa with the rest of the band. Personal life and career. Gray was born in Los Angeles, California.