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Fielding, Elaine L. – 1990
The 1980 United States Census showed a marked acceleration in the suburbanization of blacks during the 1970s. This study analyzes statistical data from the 1985 American Housing Survey (AHS) National and Metropolitan Files to determine if that pattern of acceleration continued in the 1980s. These sets of data also permitted racial and…
Descriptors: Black Population Trends, Blacks, Migration Patterns, Racial Distribution
Peer reviewedLogan, John R.; Schneider, Mark – American Journal of Sociology, 1984
Black migration to American suburbs accelerated from 1970-80, increasing the proportion of Blacks in suburbs throughout the United States. In the North Blacks moved disproportionately into communities with high Black concentrations, while in the South, many Black suburbs experienced an influx of white residents. (Author/IS)
Descriptors: Blacks, Migration Patterns, Neighborhood Integration, Racial Composition
Peer reviewedLemann, Nicholas; Whitman, David – Public Interest, 1991
Comprises "The Underclass and the Great Migration" (N. Lemann) and "The Migrants' Tale and Ghetto Culture" (D. Whitman). Lemann's book "The Promised Land" discusses the Black migration to northern U.S. states. Whitman argues that Lemann exaggerates the Black sharecropper's contribution to the development of the…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black History, Black Population Trends, Blacks
