One of the most important social changes of the war years was the migration of hundreds of thousands of African Americans from the rural South to California to work in defense plants and shipyards.This became known as the "Great Migration."

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The term "Great Migration" primarily refers to the movement of approximately 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West from about 1916 to 1970, not specifically to California or during the war years alone. The migration during World War II is part of this larger movement but is not exclusively defined as the "Great Migration."

One of the Most Important Social Changes of the War