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Even during the Great Migration, a majority of Blacks lived in the South, although I don't know what the figures were by the decade.
I believe that the percentage of Black people that live in the South never went below 50%. I think the lowest it ever was 53% and that was around 1970.
What also should be noted is how increasingly suburbanized Black folks are becoming, regardless of region.
I believe that the percentage of Black people that live in the South never went below 50%. I think the lowest it ever was 53% and that was around 1970.
What also should be noted is how increasingly suburbanized Black folks are becoming, regardless of region.
Very true. I was recently reading an article about Black outmigration in NYC during the past few years and almost equal numbers--by far the majority--went either down South or the NYC suburbs.
Very true. I was recently reading an article about Black outmigration in NYC during the past few years and almost equal numbers--by far the majority--went either down South or the NYC suburbs.
Many moved to more affordable areas in the Northeast too. Mainly in those cases it would be either Upstate NY or PA.
I've even seen this phenomenon of moving to the suburbs by Black folks in my area too. It was telling when I saw the makeup of sports teams at certain suburban high schools here and the slow, but steady increase in Black student enrollment at these schools.
Many moved to more affordable areas in the Northeast too. Mainly in those cases it would be either Upstate NY or PA.
Yeah, but the number was much, much less. There were 4,000+ going either to the NYC 'burbs or the South. For elsewhere in the NE or other regions, the highest number registered might have been around 700.
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I've even seen this phenomenon of moving to the suburbs by Black folks in my area too. It was telling when I saw the makeup of sports teams at certain suburban high schools here and the slow, but steady increase in Black student enrollment at these schools.
Yep, it's definitely a nationwide phenomenon. But I would like to see more of us "reclaim" some of the urban neighborhoods we abandoned within the past couple of decades.
True and here in Syracuse, there is talk of tearing down I-81 in the area of where a part of the old 15th Ward was located. It was an old neighborhood that was largely Jewish, then Black before urban renewal came and dismantled the bulk of it.
Interestingly, Upstate NY cities, big and smaller are getting Blacker. This includes African immigrants/refugees, as well as other immigrants and migrants. Actually, all of the major city centers in Upstate NY are in the 30-low 40% range, with Rochester coming in at 41% or so. So, the dynamics of those cities may change in regards to the Black community.
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