The twentieth century has seen two great waves of African American migration from rural areas into the city, changing not only the country’s demographics but

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Southern Diaspora: How the Great Migrations of Black and White Southerners Transformed America

The twentieth century has seen two great waves of African American migration from rural areas into the city, changing not only the country’s demographics but

An exploration of the impact of the massive migration of southern blacks to the North