New Great Migration: Black Return to the South (1970s–present)

1. Civil rights era transforms Southern political landscape

   Aug 6, 1965Labels: Civil Rights, Voting Rights

   • NARA VRA
   • NARA CRA

2. Great Migration ends as patterns begin shifting

   Jan 1, 1970Labels: Great Migration

   • Census Great Migration
   • Britannica

3. Net migration reversal toward the South takes hold

   Jan 1, 1975Labels: New Great, Brookings

   • Brookings Frey
   • Demography PMC

4. Early CPS data show regional Black outmigration

   Feb 1, 1978Labels: Current Population

   • Census P20 320

5. Sun Belt job growth reshapes destinations and motives

   Jan 1, 1980Labels: Sun Belt, Atlanta

   • Britannica
   • Brookings Frey

6. Return migration grows alongside metro-to-metro moves

   Jan 1, 1980Labels: Return Migration

   • InMotion AAME
   • Smithsonian

7. Nonmetro South begins net gains for Black residents

   Jan 1, 1990Labels: Nonmetro South, USDA

   • USDA ERS

8. Late 1990s South posts broad net gains

   Jan 1, 2000Labels: Atlanta, Southern metros

   • Brookings Frey

9. New Great Migration becomes a named research focus

   May 1, 2004Labels: New Great, research

   • Brookings Frey
   • Demography PMC

10. Southern share of Black population rises after 1970

    Jan 1, 2019Labels: Pew Research

    • Pew 2021
    • Pew Report

11. New Great Migration framed as an ongoing present-day pattern

    Jan 1, 2020Labels: Brookings, New Great

    • Brookings 2021
    • Britannica

12. 2020 Census era highlights continued regional concentration

    Aug 12, 2021Labels: 2020 Census

    • Census 2020