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Johnson, James H., Jr. – Urban League Review, 1990
Presents a geographical analysis of African American migration estimates compiled by the Census Bureau for the 1980-85 period. Argues that structural changes in employment opportunities and the housing affordability crisis in some of the nation's largest metropolitan areas are the dominant forces influencing current African American population…
Descriptors: Blacks, Census Figures, Demography, Employment Opportunities
Tucker, Jack; Lee, Everett S. – 1973
Between 1960 and 1970, the black population of the southern United States increased only four percent by comparison with a national increase in black population of twenty percent. Considering the many factors involved in population redistribution, this report compares southern and overall national trends in black population and analyzes the…
Descriptors: Black Population Trends, Blacks, Demography, Inner City
Ecological Determinants of White and Black Immigration to Small Areas in Central Cities, 1965 - 1970

Biggar, Jeanne C.; Martin, Julia H. – Social Forces, 1976
Suggests that although the explained variance in negro immigration rates is much lower than that for whites, comparisons of the patterns of ecological determinants for the two races show more similarities than differences. (Author)
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Ecological Factors
Taeuber, Conrad; Mosher, William T. – 1974
The urbanization of the black population is a relatively recent phenomenon. Historically, migration has been the major source of the growth of the black population in the large cities of the North, yet the migration from nonmetropolitan to metropolitan areas has been going long enough to have established a substantial black population in the…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Population Trends, Blacks, Change Agents
Wiske, Martha Stone; Graham, Maryemma – 1993
This document reports on the "Great Migration" project at Harvard University that brought together scholars and teachers to study the roots, processes, and results of African Americans' urban migration during the period from 1900-1939. The primary purpose of the project was to enhance teachers' scholarly understanding of this aspect of…
Descriptors: Black History, Blacks, Demography, Higher Education
White, Michael J.; Mueser, Peter R. – 1988
Disparities in rates of mobility among groups in the population have long been of interest as indicators of potential differences in access to economic and social opportunities. Racial differentials in mobility within the United States are seen as evidence of the lack of assimilation of blacks into the American mainstream. This paper tests for a…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Blacks, Demography, Educational Background
Smith, T. Lynn – 1974
The cause and effect of rural to urban migration is analyzed in this collection of studies completed from the early 1930's to the 1970's. The analysis revealed that urban problems have been closely related to the sociocultural transition going on in rural America--that the changes in life and labor in agriculture have influenced, if not caused,…
Descriptors: Blacks, Demography, History, Low Income Groups
Tucker, C. Jack; Hollingsworth, J. Selwyn – 1975
The research reported in this paper is concerned with: the continued shrinkage of the area commonly known as the Southern black belt -- counties in the old South having a major proportion of their populations consisting of Negroes -- up until 1970; the recent role migration has played in black population loss; and the probable effects of lengthy…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Blacks, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis

Taeuber, Karl E. – 1976
This report reviews recent population and manpower projections and examines how they take into account certain unexpected shifts in demographic, social, and economic behavior. It also assesses how well the particular circumstances, trends, and problems of the nation's major minority groups have been brought into the purview of the projection…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Blacks, Demography, Employment Patterns
The Consolidation of Rural Schools: Reasons, Results, and Implications--A Preliminary Investigation.
Henderson, Ronald D.; Gomez, J. J. – 1975
Utilizing statistical documentation from a variety of sources, this report traces the history of rural schools and the consolidation movement via a review of the literature. Attention is devoted to: (1) the early rural school (beginning in 1647 with Massachusetts); (2) schools in the South (emphasis on private instruction); (3) the effect of…
Descriptors: Blacks, Consolidated Schools, Costs, Curriculum
Rabin, Yale – 1987
The barriers of housing segregation have been reinforced for blacks living in central-city ghettos by the process of metropolitan decentralization, which has moved most whites beyond social contact, and most employment beyond reach of available public transportation. Despite gains in the number of blacks who found housing in the suburbs in the…
Descriptors: Blacks, Decentralization, Demography, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Copeland, E. Leonard; Upham, W. Kennedy – 1973
A study of black migration, examining the aspirations and behavior of homemakers in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan Texas, was made in this report. Data were collected from interviews with 553 homemakers. Factors examined in the analysis included type of residential area, homemaker's age, tenure status of the household, reported place of…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Blacks, Demography, Homemakers

Uhlenberg, Peter – Rural Sociology, 1973
The experiences of 3 groups in the U.S. are examined: (1) the Negro movement from the South during 1860 to 1920; (2) the Japanese-American migration from internment camps during World War II; and (3) the exodus from Southern Appalachia between 1930 and 1960. (NQ)
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Influence, Demography, Japanese Americans
Borman, Kathryn M., Ed.; Obermiller, Phillip J., Ed. – 1994
This book consists of 14 essays that focus on the condition of urban Appalachians (former migrants to cities from Appalachia and their descendants). Chapters address issues of health, environment, education, and cultural identity in an urban Appalachian context, and are meant to be a resource for educators and health and human service…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Background, Delivery Systems, Demography
Heaton, Tim B.; And Others – 1982
United States population trends in 1960 suggested that the growing socioeconomic status of blacks would result in increasingly similar migration patterns among blacks and whites. Analysis of 1950 to 1980 census data was conducted to test that prediction. The analysis showed that in general, recent population trends have differed greatly from past…
Descriptors: Blacks, Demography, Economic Factors, Migration Patterns