Which statement is the best explanation of how The Chicago Defender, an African American newspaper, encouraged the Great Migration? It published stories about Northern cuisine. It referred to the North as the "Promised Land." It published stories about the best of New York life. It published interviews with important Northern politicians.

It referred to the North as the "Promised Land."

Explanation:

The Chicago Defender was one of the most prominent Black owned newspapers when it was formed in the first half of the 20th century. It had a readership surpassing 100,000 and was widely influential with African Americans.

When the newspaper began to support the Great Migration, they succeeded in convincing more than 1.5 million African Americans to move from the South to the North in 10 years by referring to the North as the "Promised Land".

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