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Some historians believe that there were two Great Migrations, a first Great Migration (1910–40), during which about 1.6 million people moved from mostly rural areas in the South to northern industrial cities, and a Second Great Migration (1940–70), which began after the Great Depression and during it, at least five million people ...
[1] [2] Between 1965 and 1970 around 287,000 African Americans left the Southern United States, while from 1975 to 1980, it is estimated 109,000 African Americans migrated to the Southern United States, showing the reversal of the original Great Migration. [1] Between 1975 and 1980, several Southern states saw net African American migration gains.
These migrants drawn by labor were also accompanied by African Americans during the Great Migration who were drawn by jobs and better economic opportunity. Change in per capita personal income in metropolitan counties, 1980–2002, relative to the average for U.S. metropolitan areas:
NYT Columnist and Author Charles M. Blow joined Yahoo Finance to break down the impact of reverse migration south on business.
Graph showing the percentage of the African American population living in the American South, 1790–2010. First and Second Great Migrations shown through changes in African American share of population in major U.S. cities, 1916–1930 and 1940–1970
The early 1980s recession was a severe economic recession that affected much of the world between approximately the start of 1980 and 1982. [2] [1] [3] Long-term effects of the early 1980s recession contributed to the Latin American debt crisis, long-lasting slowdowns in the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan African countries, [3] the US savings and loan crisis, and a general adoption of neoliberal ...
New Jersey's African American population grew rapidly in the early 20th century during the phases of the Great Migration and Second Great Migration from 1910 to 1970. . African Americans migrated north for the growing numbers of industrial jobs and to get the right to vote, a better education for their children, and improved living con
Obama: The 1980s Called, They Want Their Policy Back. DailyFinance Staff. Updated July 14, 2016 at 9:40 PM.