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Return movement of blacks to the South grows
ATLANTA GA AP report notes a gradual reverse migration with better educated blacks returning to the South amid social economic and political changes. Observers cite job growth and civil rights gains, including elected officials, with figures limited yet indicating a trend among professionals and middle classes.
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Atlanta, Ga
James Clyburn
South Carolina
John C. West
John Lewis
Voter Education Project
North
South
Lewis
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Atlanta
Georgia
State of
Leroy Mosely
Connecticut
U.S. Census Bureau
James H. Meredith
Jackson
Miss
University of Mississippi
Meredith
New York
Mississippi
U.S. Senate
Upstate
California
Charles Prejean
The
Federation of Southern Cooperatives
Prejean
Chicago
Detroit
Hugh Davis
Washington