Which statement is the best explanation of how The Chicago Defender, an African American newspaper, encouraged the Great Migration?

The Chicago Defender encouraged African Americans to move from the South by portraying the North as a place of greater opportunity and freedom. Calling it the “Promised Land” presented migration as a hopeful path to a better life. Stories about cuisine, New York life, or politicians would not explain this broader appeal as directly.

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