"White flight"

What was great migration?

the movement of black migrants from the northern states to the southern states of the usa

How many non white people lived in America’s 12 largest cities in the 1950s?

1.8 million

What wee examples of black neighbourhoods?

Watts in LA and Harlem in NY

What was white flight?

white people moving to the suburbs as they did not want to live around black people as they associated them with crime and violence

Why could black people not move to the suburbs?

due to restricted covenance

What was restricted covenance?

a set of rules about what one could or could not do when selling houses

many real estate agents did not want to sell to black people

What was an example of violence?

rocks being thrown at a black family