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Reverse migration brings educated Blacks back to the South
An Atlanta based AP report notes white and black observers see a return of educated Blacks to the South as a shift from the prior large outflow to the North. The movement includes doctors and lawyers among the middle and upper classes, drawn by political gains and new industrial opportunities in Georgia and the region, though experts warn the South is not a racial utopia.
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North
James Clyburn
South Carolina
John West
Atlanta
Georgia
Leroy Mosely
Connecticut
U.S. Census Bureau
James H. Meredith
Jackson
Miss
University of Mississippi
Meredith
New York
Mississippi
U.S. Senate
Vou
Bette
California
Uthes
Charles Prejean
Federation of Southern Cooperatives
Prejean
Chicago
Detroit