The migration from the northeast and other failing, urban districts are reversing the great migration from the deep south for black Americans, NBC News reports.
"Crime, broken neighborhoods and failing schools in the north have sparked what experts call the great migration in reverse: black Americans moving to the South in increasing numbers," writes NBC's Rehema Ellis.
Blacks moved to areas in the north in the early 1900s looking for work and to get away from racism, per the report.
Now, with those areas struggling with the loss of jobs, particularly manufacturing in the urban areas of the rust belt states, black Americans are moving back to the South.
The NBC report included a story of a black entrepreneur who moved his company from Silicon Valley to Atlanta because he was failing to attract people interested in moving to Palo Alto, Calif., saying the cost of living and diversity of the south are more attractive.
"I grew up in Chicago, which was one of the most segregated cities in the country, so I want to be a part of the movement that says, 'this is the place for black entrepreneurs to be, thrill, and support each other," a woman told NBC News.
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