When They Came North: How Olivet Baptist Church Welcomed Black Migrants During the Great Migration

When they came North: How Olivet Baptist Church welcomed Black migrants during the Great Migration

When the United States entered World War I, the country braced for impact. But Black Americans who still worked on the fields in the South saw an open door. With the country’s white men off to fight in the war, the non-agricultural industries of the North were desperate for workers. Once again, Black labor helped move the country forward.More than 50 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, with their freedom in hand, Black migrants flocked to…