Discusses recent research bearing on the interrelationship of desegregation and the movement of people, mainly students. Reviews studies covering two states, 3 cities, and one county, examines a study of segregation in suburbs, and updates the general arguments about desegregation and white flight. (Author/AM)

In this paper two tests of the hypothesis that school desegregation leads to white flight are offered. In the first, test data are presented which allow an examination of the number of whites moving from central cities to metropolitan areas for the periods of 1955-1960 and 1965-1970. In the second test, rates of white migration from central city…

Adopting the demographer's cohort-component projection model, this study examines migration patterns for six cities. The results show that White and Black lifecourse migration patterns have become more alike in the post-1970 period; yet, significant racial disparities still exist. Thus, recent migration patterns do not imply eventual metropolitan…