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The Bureau of the Census statistics confirm that both non-white and white families were fleeing the poverty-stricken areas of their cities.
1970 (Jan 5)
Bureau of the Census statistics confirmed earlier reports that non-white and white families were fleeing the poverty-stricken areas of their cities. The Bureau said that whites had been leaving the urban poverty areas for years, but the non-white migration seemed to have occurred chiefly since 1966. As factors behind the exodus, the Bureau cited crime, educational problems, land clearance resulting from urban renewal, and the increased availability of low-income housing outside of poverty areas. Between 1960 and 1968, minority families living in urban poverty areas declined by 9 percent. In 1968, 2.5 million whites and 1.6 million Blacks lived in urban poverty areas.
References:
- • Hornsby, Alton. Chronology of African-American History: Significant Events and People from 1619 to the Present. Detroit: Gale Research, 1995.