Dr. Jason Johnson of Hiram College spoke with Neal Conan on National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation about recent demographic trends as African-Americans move to the Southern United States.
Between 1916 and 1970, African Americans moved in droves from the Jim Crow South, seeking opportunity in the northern states. The 2010 census data shows that growing numbers of black Americans are choosing to relocate below the Mason-Dixon line, and from the cities to the suburbs.
Click here for the NPR segment “Opportunity, Affordability Lure More Blacks South.”
