Why African-Americans left the south in droves - and what's bringing them back

[@ArturoStojanoff]

The Harlem Renaissance not only changed African-American culture, it redefined American culture, period. Just because it was made and created by black people doesn't make it any less fully American.

[@Brerenee23]

Arturo Stojanoff Well yeah black Americans are american too. Blues in these communities gave way to jazz, r&b, rock and roll, country and hip hop. Modern music as we know it was created in America.

[@streampunksheep]

You tell em Arturo!

[@Brerenee23]

Sc j So we're just going to erase the existence of actual native Americans, nice

[@shadywiskerz]

Sc j To be a "Real American" you have to be native

[@miguelpatrick79]

Bre how about just saying blacks innovated modern music you don't need to throw the American title around

[@awoa9103]

Also the cost of living in the city is getting expensive.

[@maxf.3973]

Rising numbers of Gang Violence cases may also be a large reason

[@xenoblad]

regular_max with gang violence comes profiling. A double whammy.

[@scj3188]

GENTRIFICATION.

[@abcdefghijkl140]

Doesn't explain Detroit, which owns the highest emigration rate for African Americans.

[@ms.woodard8714]

Awo and on purpose too

[@dorkmax7073]

Because it was the South, and they were black. Roll credits

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

😂

[@kennethlucas7473]

LOL!!!!

[@gocrazy3564]

@@kennethlucas7473 🤣🤣🤣😂

[@mixtapemania6769]

That doesn't answer the 2nd question tho

[@carvalhocarv8835]

They Yearn for the fields

[@teebee3631]

So incredibly grateful for my family members who left sharecropping in Mississippi and Alabama behind for Memphis and Chicago! I can't imagine how scary that must've been.

[@zeroturn7091]

As a 4th generation Mississippian, you’re correct. I’ve read about what happened when everyone tried to leave at the same time. The Devil’s Punchbowl is one example.

[@victornewman06]

When you think about "Chicago Blues" a lot of Mississippians migrated there and took their roots and music with them

[@jiihgy2716]

That explains why my ancestors who were slaves in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi all of a sudden by the 1900's were in Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee. Most of my family has deep roots in Kentucky.

[@0000x0000referenced]

Heineken why is your 12 year old ass trolling on this video

[@Keonny77]

Christian News I'm from Kentucky too. Kentucky was the middle ground... My maternal grandmother was from Mississippi and migrated to Kentuckky in the 2nd wave in the 40's That was the case with my paternal grandmother too, from North Carolina. And my sister's paternal grandmother's family from Tennessee. They all landed in Louisville. However, all the men were ORIGINALLY from central Kentucky! There was an iNNER migration in the south too. From the rural south to the larger city/towns of the south. Atlanta drew blacks from rural Georgia and Alabama. Memephis exploded with blacks coming out of Mississippi. Kentucky sent a lot of black people away too...but some of us stay and went to places like Louisville, Lexington etc... There were slightly better conditions. Louisville HAD a fairly stable black middle class for the time with the first black public library, a black university(simmons college of kentucky) berea college in the mountains...and some of the harsher treatment seen in the DEEP south was not AS common... I would like to se a video on the migration of blacks OUT of Kentucky. In the civil war era we represented 20% of the population and today only 9% The outward migration exceeded the inward migration and birth rate.

[@Ofmemes2018]

don jose idiot

[@Shannnnnnnnnnnnn]

Yeah blacks should be in the south....the south of Africa.

[@dennislittle9724]

American Hero Nope. Here to stay😉.

[@travietrav9047]

Gentrification plays a part in it as well

[@geralferald]

did you take AHUG :)

[@markdavidson1049]

Democrat policies play an ever bigger role from black Americans fleeing the north and moving back down south.

[@johnlennon8327]

how so?

[@tywayne3]

Most of the downtown/inner city revitalization movements originated with moving blacks from the cities and into the suburbs. A good example is Chicago with their high rise projects. While a good idea on paper; the result is that you move lower class people away from city centers with fewer opportunities and transportation resources. This creates secondary problems that result in the closing of schools, mixing of different 'hoods' where some kids are forced to attend schools where they can be in danger or even killed.

[@peterchen7914]

yes gentrification plays a role but gentrification is not a race issue but a money issue

[@samguy7654]

So that's why the urban accents in big cities sound a bit like southern accents.

[@ms.woodard8714]

Sam guy we didnt LEAVE. we were made to. most of us were here already when slavery was SUPPOSED to have "ended"

[@sarkastikoverlord8707]

A summany of the video, without using race. A group of people were miss treated and forced to work as slaves. Bills were passed to help the people to live like everybody else. Because they didn't have relatives with wealth before them, they would have to move to a place for an opportunity. After years of successful offspring, they found homes that best fit their occupation. I could have added a lot more, but you get the idea.

[@jessecorder8083]

To eliminate race from this equation is to willfully ignore truth and reality. I don't care for such a narrow point of view. That does not achieve any useful goals. Many people's love or hate is based very much in the amount of melanin in a person's skin. To ignore that is to obfuscate much of human history. This is a useless practice.

[@sarkastikoverlord8707]

Jesse Corder Forming an opinion from a person's prominent feature such as skin pigment is ignorant. Yes, black people were treated inhumanly treated because of the color of their skin, but that shouldn't matter today. Holding people accountable for the trouble actions of people from the past to the people of the present keeps a unjustified narrative alive.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

Sam guy AA's have a lot of Southernisms. But since the whites did not migrate to areas of urban media, these surviving Southernisms became termed "black" and evolved separately. This is also why whites are judged as being so different. Northern whites were different from Southern whites.

[@isunlloaoll]

Do a video on obesity in America please. I think that's one of the greatest problem facing America today. Or autonomous technology, how is it going to change our economy? What will jobs be like in the future?

[@jambott5520]

ARVIN jobs that can't be done more efficiently by machines, like creative programming solution; being the head of a business, and a lot of min wage jobs like working at MacDonald's will not be taken by robots, as lets say the only person in a store is you and a robot till. smash the robot and steal the money. with a human, you are less likely to do that. not all jobs can be taken by robots.

[@isunlloaoll]

+Jambott, Not all jobs will be replaced by robots, but *a lot* of them will. Sure creative jobs will be firmly in human hands, but how many creative jobs are there, compared to the replaceable jobs like truck drivers, cab drivers, and factory workers? What will they do? Surely not everyone can become a artist or designer...

[@shemshap]

yeah, the creative market contributes such an insanely tiny amount of jobs, worlds gonna need universal basic income at some point or "luxury" communism

[@kylemma33]

That and opiate addiction.

[@kylemma33]

+ARVIN Most likely truck drivers will sit passenger and monitor the vehicle.

[@colinb.8679]

Emancipation proclamation did not end slavery. It was simply a statement that in the intervention of war, the union could take whatever property they seized from the south, and keep it as their own. Slaves at the time were counted as property, and so they would be released. In fact, during the civil war, there were a couple Union states that still had slavery going on in them. The 13th 14th and 15th amendment truly got rid of slavery. Just wanted to let you know. AP US history taught me well

[@randomaccounts9838]

Colin B. Yep but atleast we werent the last country to end slavery last one did in" 81"

[@gerardparker4220]

Thank you Colin. My AP US History teacher taught that it only freed slaves in rebel states. Also, it’s important to understand- slavery was unconstitutional, but no one went to jail for enslaving people (after 1865) until 1930’s.

[@thedeadguy]

BillyGoat so white culture is bad got it. Asian culture looks cooler anyway. Better food not like it is in America . Sugar food that is bland and forgetful.

[@nightwatch8546]

@@PhedelCastro Chinese improvements in technology and agriculture definitely beat out the bulldozer. Also, your comparison makes no sense. Obviously, bulldozers don't make anything, that is simply not their job. And the slaves were the only reason our economy is as advanced as it is today. Without their labor, we would be much further behind.

[@hello-fs2sk]

@@PhedelCastro yeah, but that's only because white people oppressed minorities and wouldn't allow them to get an education, open a bank account, or even own property. if not for colonialism and imperialism, minorities would have been able to do the same things. Think about it this way: jim crow laws enforced segregation and wouldn't allow black people to get the higher quality of life that whites had. these laws ended in 1965. In 2008, just 43 years later, a black man was elected PRESIDENT. black ppl in america were set much further back and still managed to succeed. also, let's not forget that many great technological inventions were invented by slaves and people of color, whose patents and designs were stolen by white people because these minorities did not have the same rights whites did. ur uneducated, ignorant, and racist. please pick a struggle

[@lovergurl]

Please stop asking videos about black history if you can not get your language under control. "perceived violence" is incorrect they didn't imagine the violence. That violence was very real and was a legitimate threat to their lives.

[@Animefreak242]

gjaddajg The violence today isn't perceived either. It's just as dangerous now. You don't understand the context.

[@coolmasterx5707]

perceived violence is the correct term. actual violence is fact, perceived is thought.

[@normanorman]

"To see, to be aware of, to understand."

[@Bobelponge123]

Is my IQ too low to understand you or is just too high?

[@kyky10ism]

well it's usually your perception of something that makes you think in a certain way rather than experience. You have never been murdered but you know of places with high murder rates right. well that's your perceived impression of a place. just saying.

[@Middlesecond]

Vox's videos have been on point lately

[@AKeyearea8]

Dexter Peters not really lol

[@madictf2104]

Michael .Stott care to expand on this?

[@bsinita_wokeone]

Dexter Peters yes i agree it very educational i love vox history videos.

[@AKeyearea8]

Madic tf2 Vox is propaganda bc they leave out aspects of the fact and twist a fact to a false origin

[@jambott5520]

Michael .Stott they didn't used to, but this is better than life as a Muslim but no where near where they were a year ago or so.

[@Facts5]

Yo vox, could you maybe do a video on how you make your videos?

[@geraldchan7129]

Sushanta most of it is motion graphics,try mount mograph to learn and practice it,After effects by adobe is what most ppl use for it

[@Facts5]

Harvey Kong, thank you for the suggestion. I know they use AE and I am familiar with the basics of motion graphic. I just wanted to see how they work as their videos are really good and organized.

[@geraldchan7129]

Sushanta yeah,looking at their editing workflow will be a very good video idea

[@geraldchan7129]

Michael C you can,it's easy to see the mo track and mask wiping of text,but the more complicated effects will need to take more experienced graphic artists to do

[@Facts5]

Michael C, yes it could be and as you said, it would require lot of work. So if they, Vox, could just record while making the next video and maybe upload that, it won't hurt their production and as a bonus, they will have two videos while making one. Also we can see how they work.

[@tadiafoster4460]

As a child of immigrants, whose family is from the Caribbean- my heart goes out to the African Americans in this country. It’s hard to learn what the folks endured but I am proud of the progress they made- which in turns benefits all people of color who are now in the country. Their struggle became our gain.

[@Kreedo1110]

🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@thedangerwich5476]

❤🖤💚 🙏

[@_cowboyjay94]

Amen

[@tnm218]

Thank you for saying this!!

[@trentpettit6336]

Which island is your family from? Were any of them involved in the sugarcane or rum businesses?

[@RockSmithStudio]

0:21 wow it's amazing how fast New York grew from 2% African American to 26% within one year!

[@PhedelCastro]

CultOfMoMo Look at which group is committing crime in NYC. Shocking.

[@peterfowler4723]

5 minutes ago the mob?

[@TheNadroj10]

Javier smith Statistics can be manipulated

[@TheNadroj10]

Not Telling Ha how very mature and reasonable

[@lanxy2398]

5 minutes ago all Groups are commuting crime what point are you tryna prove?

[@xeon222]

Exellent video on the Great Migration, a period in American history that many Americans don't know the historical signifigance thereof. My Arkansas-raised parents moved to Milwaukee in 1953(with my infant/older sister in tow) during the second half of the great migration.

[@tswagg504]

Louisiana mostly migrated to Chicago and L.A, Mississippi went to Chicago, Alabama went to Cleveland, Carolina went to NYC, Georgia went to NYC, Texas went to Los Angeles....this is as much I know

[@namae8]

@Complex Ez facts, NC too. Most of my family is from NC and SC (apart from my great grandmother who was from Georgia), and around the 50s they moved up to Virginia, Maryland, and DC. However around the time my dad was born his parents decided to go to Philly so that’s why my immediate family ended up farther north lol

[@3eyegirl149]

Forgot Boston

[@scotishjohn]

That why they got the gangs of Bros

[@forevaschemin]

Georgie went Cleveland actually and Alabama mostly went Detroit

[@kobejames5788]

Mississippi also went to LA

[@DUES_EX]

Very on point, factual, and thought provoking. You earned this thumb up

[@ayarzeev8237]

Just to clarify, the emancipation only "ended" slavery in select areas, there were notable exceptions in its wording. It solved the issue of runaway slaves coming up to Union encampments. The amendment is what actually ended slavery

[@_cowboyjay94]

Correct

[@TheModernInvestor]

black people are amazing, thanks for making this video, i always find it fascinating that we have photos from these periods

[@Caleb-bp8bm]

You are probably completely unaware that it is racist to judge someone by their skin color (even if it's positive). You can't tell someone's personality by their skin

[@1joshjosh1]

Why are they are amazing?

[@origineeman6421]

@@1joshjosh1 Because we are the oldest human race in America.

[@1joshjosh1]

@@origineeman6421 If you believe that you don't know anything about evolution.

[@origineeman6421]

@@1joshjosh1 Re-read my comment

[@BenjaminIMeszaros]

Vox's content continues to shine. Engaging narratives told in unique, compelling ways. Keep it up my friends.

[@andrewlecompte676]

The Emancipation did not free ALL slaves....only "rebelling" ones that seceded from the Union.

[@pepps779]

The video spent too much time on why they left, which everyone already knows about, in comparison to the time spent on why they are moving back.

[@osazuwaogbeide1540]

socially the south is better there more emphasis on community and from going to teh south like baltimore there was allot more black workers working in coporate and non corpoarate seeting then i have seen living in califronia bay area for 24 years of my life

[@3eyegirl149]

Good point

[@qiyamansari1]

I love how ya'll fail to mention the red lining that took place in the north leading to the ghettos that we see today, as well as the systematic oppression that continues to effect us such as the school to prison pipeline, the drug war, ect 😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤

[@peaceofmind1360]

💯

[@boodogg2539]

We are not African Americans and wasn't slaves. We was sharecroppers, to INDENTURED SERVANT then prisoners of war. And we didn't come on know ships from Africa we BEEN here. Tell the TRUTH damn, you got the world THINKing slavery was like roots and they DID us like kunta kinta but it's false and Alex hailey was a sell out and roots was fictional he lied to AND got sued for it but the people on charge MADE sure it still got out to install WHITE supremacy in our heads . Subscribed to dane calloway on you tube, he's a historian check him out.

[@thepatbackexperience4573]

They missed out on a lot of stuff but Vox is really known for it's quick, info.-packed videos. So I understand why they don't include every detail in but I do hope they do more videos surrounding that topic you brought up because the red lining in the housing market was one aspect of American racial inequality that angered me specifically. There's actually this guy who did a great video about red lining I can send you the link if you are still interested. Overall if you're looking for long detailed videos that cover every slice of the pie I wouldn't recommend Vox. They are a good number of long documentaries out there.

[@thepatbackexperience4573]

Update I believe Vox actually did a video on red lining. Im positive i saw one a few days ago

[@JeantheSecond]

Those are the most serious concerns that face America today, but that wasn’t the topic of the video.

[@Whatsayoutuber]

These researchers seem very interesting! Thanks for sharing their work!

[@lendluke]

I wish they would have touched more on why they are moving back to the south.

[@eN3RD]

More economic opportunities, decline of manufacturing jobs, and a hint of profiling... Mostly economic reasons

[@scj3188]

GENTRIFICATION

[@hackman669]

So sothern states are becoming rich while northern and western states are falling behind?

[@michaelgray1803]

Luke Rustin retiring

[@iahest]

NO WE ARE MOVING IN DRONES BACK TO THE SOUTH BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING NORTHERN MONEY AND BUYING CHEAP LAND, BUSINESSES AND REALESTATE IN THE SOUTH BEFORE HOME PRICES CATCH UP, ALMOST TO LATE IN ATLANTA IN ANOTHER YEAR OR 2 THE HOUSING MARKETS WILL BE JUST LIKE DC!!! GOOD LUCK

[@tecke11]

I wish there were more channels like this on KZbin. Vox and Nerdwriter have found a niche that I absolutely love

[@tecke11]

LagiNaLangAko23 thanks I'll definitely check them out

[@cyrus3967]

Tucker Ecke No. Far left KZbin channels aren’t a good idea

[@Brerenee23]

I love love love that they used black instead of African American. Black is a much better description.

[@DaaaahWhoosh]

Is it, though? To me it seems worse. What is your reasoning?

[@xealen2166]

not all black people are African, we also don't call white people European Americans. It essentially excludes black people from truly being Americans because they're not Americans, they're African Americans. I'm ethnically Irish, that means absolutely nothing to me. Many black people feel the same as there ancestors have lived in the USA for 250+ years, just like mine.

[@peterchen7914]

Yeah. If you are European American that means you are first or second generation American fromEurope. If you are African American it (should) mean that you are first or second generation American from Sub-Saharan Africa. White and Black means you had ancestors in America for centuries.

[@Brerenee23]

xealen yes exactly!!! you guys get it! Not all black people are African and not all Africans are black. Also Africa is a continent with more than 54 countries none of which black Americans ethically or culturally identity with. We just happen to share a common group and ancestors. I have no identity outside of the americas, I'm simply black and American. After so many generations this became our home.

[@Brerenee23]

*ethnically

[@sTreek90]

I hate when people say African American - as if that encompasses all the black people in America, there are black people in America who are not African American.

[@sTreek90]

KillMeWithPotato everyone on the planet is from Africa - There are a lot of carib people in America amongst other countries who do not deserve the census title, as it is not actually accurate. *Should white Americans be called Euro-Americans ?*

[@Cjaymoney]

It's a weird subject, because no one label is offensive to me but I am a First Gen American, born and raised in Maryland but my parents are from Nigeria... I guess I'm African American, but also Nigerian by blood...

[@sugarbear7516]

The term African American is an attempt to identify a group of people by their "native" continent, not by where the enslavement of them dropped them off.

[@longclaw22-72]

Anthony But all blacks have African origins, so it's not like the term is completely incorrect.

[@sTreek90]

Longclaw22 - don't we all ? - if that's the case why are Americans not called Euro-Americans ?

[@Dakatari]

The America we know now would not be as successful and self sufficient if it wasn't for contribution and sacrifice of African-Americans

[@blackplight4u]

This is well done! And has captured the essentials as of why my grandfather migrated to New York City and then to Detroit!

[@recognize7]

Very informative, let's see how long this stays up before it gets deleted.

[@ew374]

🙄nah, it may get deleted?

[@LvcianoN]

Awesome video! You guys definitively put a lot of research into this. Thanks for making a lot of info available to me in such a small video. Keep on!

[@AKeyearea8]

Luciano Narno lol was that a joke

[@LvcianoN]

Michael .Stott No man, I truly enjoyed the info in this video.

[@gbadesakin]

I agree to the extent that Vox whets your appetite to the extent that you would like to do more research on the issue yourself.

[@sarkastikoverlord8707]

A summany of the video, without using race. A group of people were miss treated and forced to work as slaves. Bills were passed to help the people to live like everybody else. Because they didn't have relatives with wealth before them, they would have to move to a place for an opportunity. After years of successful offspring, they found homes that best fit their occupation. I could have added a lot more, but you get the idea.

[@MrWrightNowTV]

Sarkastik Overlord why omit race?

[@missxxmissxx]

I'm a black woman in St. Louis county and want to get as far away from Missouri as I can. This is a backwards state. Too much violence, its reputation of being one of the most racist states is definitely true and there's meth heads and druggies throughout the country parts of the state.

[@staybeautifulx285]

Lol leave and go to one of your friendly black cities like Detroit lol

[@staybeautifulx285]

* blacks*

[@ElectricGold9]

Stay Beautiful x If it takes you two tries to spell a six letter word, I don't think you can talk about the complicated issue of inter-state migration.

[@bcount1]

Or Chicago. I hear u get shot on the way in

[@MrAtlfan21]

Honestly consider moving to Atlanta, we’re called the black Mecca for a reason, percentage wise we have the largest black middle and upper classes in the US. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_mecca

[@Funkotronimus]

The economy seems to be a major factor in this -what you get in the south for the same money up north is is incredible ...which is probably why there also seems a migration of artists and creatives from the northern cities to places like Atlanta

[@donnaleesdocs]

YES!!!

[@Jay-jb2vr]

Everybody in my town wants to move to Florida for some reason.....

[@MrAtlfan21]

ATL

[@FirstSydneyCash]

Just moved to atl from Ohio.. love it here too

[@phuturephunk]

Yeah, most of the artist types that don't have trust funds or parents that can at least help out are simply priced out of a whole lot of the northern cities, especially NYC. It's been drastic in NYC.

[@andrewclarke5989]

In the beginning, there is a minor mistake. It says that New York went from 1.92% in 1910 to 25.55% in 1910.

[@ademaya4773]

The author of the book mentioned in this video is a class act. She came to our college a few years ago to speak about her book. She refused to acknowledge any of the BLACK students that raised their hands to ask questions about her book (except for one). She was just fascinated with the white students. She even asked me where I was from because of my name and thought I was foreign. I told her I was from Georgia just like her...and she was like "oh"...like I wasn't even relevant anymore. Ugh...and I had just purchased her book during this book signing. After my experience with her...I didn't even bother reading it and gave the book to someone else.

[@arthurswanson3285]

Wow.

[@rosefan2011]

I literally have an essay on this in 45 minutes, great timing!

[@julioserrano5547]

Great video! Lots of great insight and information. Btw, I think there is a typo on the image at 0:23 (the far right statistic of 25.55% should have the year 2010, not 1910).

[@SophiaChar]

Not all african americans are from the south. My ancestors have lived in New york before it became New york city, and most of us still live in New york.

[@grantwilliams2650]

Soppy it said 90% not ALL ya goshdarn special snowflake...

[@eleonoramustafaeva1303]

why is the term "special snowflake" so commonly used in English? oh wait a minute

[@user-vf3cb7vk8z]

Soppy As a New Yorker I don't think so. My highschool is 96% white.

[@briannab4037]

IV Ltd American public schools are not segregated, that is literally illegal. Private schools can be segregated if they wish to though. Any school not funded by the government can be segregated.

[@user-vf3cb7vk8z]

The Potato Goddess I got to a public school and we're pretty segregated. As I said in that comment right above we're 96% white. The other schools right near ours are also above 95% whiteness. Ontario County, New York is the place, we're apparently a very diverse state lol.

[@Tiger_Woods]

Black people are very strong they been thru so much . Nothing but respect for them.

[@KentB3]

You can say the same for Native Americans as well!

[@MichealjamesRooff]

🍼

[@antonybrown432]

I hate the things that happened to my people back in those days but I always found it interesting to watch I am soon-to-be 57 years old next week and I'll always have a fun interest of black history

[@880life.7]

"Why African Americans left the south in droves" hmmmm........ left me think.... maybe because the south has been known for extreme racism! Can you please ask a dumber question

[@normanorman]

??? can you say anything dumber? I'm a southern female and we're all like family here, and though i don't see a bunch of black people i'm definitely kind to them that's for sure. no one here is racist, and we're all a bunch of chaw-chewin' holler rats. nearly dated a black female and had a major crush on another. extreme racism my southern ass, bless your heart darlin'

[@Rain_267]

Anderson Hernandez Dumbass

[@antonieshaantoine8981]

The North was not much better. They were pretty racist. Not as bad as the south but pretty bad.

[@theguy8729]

dad what about jim crow

[@davy209]

Yeah but at least the Northern States didn’t have a high number of lynching compared to the Southern States!

[@Kenywos]

This video is very insightful I'm originally from Maryland but I have always been thinking about moving to Georgia or North Carolina to raise a family

[@danieldelarosa4252]

the emancipation proclamation freed them yes but the former Confederates kept finding loopholes to cockblock them from voting and the Confederates that weren't supposed to be able to vote or run the government did it anyway

[@ylysergic1749]

is cockblock the right word to use here?

[@wandaalexander1972]

Dumb retards don't need to be voting.

[@corneliusdelasoto3955]

@@wandaalexander1972 perfect example⬆

[@michaelgray1803]

Free to do what with what

[@michaelgray1803]

@@zionyah3904 right

[@PikaPetey]

is it me or are we getting to the point where we are racist from taking pity on a certain group of people. "oh look lets celebrate this skin color for acting like a normal person. ISN'T THAT AMAZING?! That they can be a normal contributing member of society too?! wow!! I never would have expected that!" Imagine you being congratulated for tieing your shoes by random strangers everyday. it would seem degrading.

[@alexpantagruelico]

well if someone was born in the ghetto or violent environments and somehow manages to attend university he needs to be praised, although normal people do that easily. It's not condenscending

[@PikaPetey]

Hubble NASA the fact that there is "the ghetto" is a problem though. It's like we excuse all expectations from any person from "the ghetto". Perhaps we should focus on the broken system that punishes and fines people if they have too much money in their bank account if they try to escape welfare and social security.

[@xenoblad]

Pikapetey Animations recognizing migrations doesn't sound like a "celebration". They're just pointing out a past event that has some similarities with today. Jim crow laws did push black people north back in the day. Economic decisions are pushing somewhat less black south today. Tune in next time to see how it'll continue. End of video. Nothing controversial here.

[@nevinrichards7702]

what system punishes people for have "too much" money?

[@PikaPetey]

Nevin Richards welfare does.

[@mnrea111]

Amazing video, happy to see the comments aren't annoying too.

[@MrPixelMonster]

Another amazing video from Vox, god I love this channel.

[@abednegojohnson444]

This was a really good video guys 👏🏽👏🏽

[@tyronehooks3746]

I am Black , 63 years old. I dont prefer to be called African american. First of all I am not from Africa and second I dont consider myself an American. Because we are not treated as equals . Some where I read that all men all equals . But what the reality is that all white men were created equal . Racism still exists especially in California.

[@johanreillo8403]

I think if they call u African American y’all should call em european American

[@Leejahstar]

Johan Reillo truth

[@michaelgray1803]

100

[@riaannobbs6885]

Please find my comment

[@deitalionlewis5006]

Don’t start that is isrealit shyt man

[@Wtfe2024]

I’m moving to Florida from Michigan! Very excited

[@kenchambers7137]

What’s wrong with Michigan?

[@maybedave0595]

@@kenchambers7137 Everything

[@MissPaulaGreen]

Great reporting! Seen this many times. I love learning about history!

[@oj4499]

Come too the south

[@TotallyNasira]

Actually... the emancipation proclamation didn't end slavery, if that was the case there would be no need for the 13th amendment. THIS IS WACK ASL!

[@jerrellbevers6071]

TotallyNasira why would you lead with that and not put it's actual purpose in. The Emancipation Proclamation wasn't intended to end slavery. The Proclamation only technically freed the slaves from the states of the confederacy....so they could rise up against those who enslaved them. Of course those states didn't bother to spread the news or free their slaves. I don't believe most people are aware of the significance of Juneteenth either. Texas managed to lie to their slaves for almost 2 years about the end of the war and who the victor was. Juneteenth was the emancipation of slaves from Texas who managed to hold out for almost 2 years after the original proclamation that freed them.

[@faithismine128]

+Jerrell Bevers Do not forget Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware that kept their slaves until ratification of the 13 Amendment.

[@jerrellbevers6071]

Clint Davis I did forget that. That makes the Emancipation Proclamation even more underhanded....no only the slaves in the south are free, we still need y'all.

[@dsmith9964]

+Clint Davis Slavery was all but dead in those three by the beginning of the Civil War. The Emancipation only freed slaves in the areas of rebellion. Those three slave states were not in rebellion.

[@kiiwii11]

so they moved north due to racism.... hmmm whold a thought?

[@somebody2619]

A Different Narrative *white southerners that turned into Republicans.

[@Theunseenesoteric]

some body the white racists today are democrats

[@equestriangirly2296]

@@Theunseenesoteric Right. That's why the blacks mostly vote republican, why the republican stronghold states have few blacks and why the republican party have a lot of black candidates...

[@JK-gu3tl]

racism was all of a sudden new in 1910.

[@gregrourke4182]

And they moved back, due to Racism.

[@felixcretu4993]

These videos are just amazing always perfect, great learning tool. -Thanks!

[@AKeyearea8]

poobear Cretu ru kidding?

[@caseywoods6476]

Pretty sure the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery...if it did what was the point of the 13th ammendment??

[@michaelbreslin9022]

Casey Woods yo you’re right @vox how bout you do some research first #sad

[@samminicksm]

Casey Woods THE TRUTH!!!

[@noorbaig180]

If you're not woke, just face the facts and stop making KZbin videos...

[@calebcecil5981]

*mic drop*🎤

[@TardisTed]

If you really think that the Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery, you really need to go back to school and get educated again

[@FinickyVoid]

God damn i love you guys and gals at Vox. keep it up!

[@proudunapologeticliberal2026]

greatest content I have come across accidentally I'm subscribing for vox !!!!!!!

[@neobramlett3615]

“Why African Americans left the south in droves” bruh

[@guillermogutierrez-santana4446]

“Why people leave burning houses” By Vox

[@jadonmesfun6479]

Guillermo Gutierrez-Santana II 😂😂😂

[@gregrourke4182]

Uh, why did they move back in droves? "bruh"?

[@dougjones7609]

@@gregrourke4182 you also have a lot who refuse to move south

[@ronald3419]

I worked in mental health services in SC in the late 1970s to early 1980s. One particular inpatient unit serviced people from Bishopville, a two or three stoplight town in Lee County, long known for its poverty. I saw several patient records in which "Nearest Relative Not Living With Patient" was a resident of New York NY.

[@MariaKhordina]

where was the editor for this narration? "protests began in response to *percieved* unfair treatment" oops, I guess decades of systemic racism were all "percieved" and protest was all subjective, rather than vouching for fair treatment and basic human rights. good video otherwise, but cmon vox

[@youngcitybandit]

Maria Khordina Well black people perceived it so... what are you complaining about? are you racist?

[@donjohnson3888]

Mar Khorkhordina How many Tumblr points did you get for that?

[@polley015761]

Khaos Inoculation 😑 Slavery and Jim crow were not that long ago. Yes, there was slavery before America, I'm not sure what you're talking about specifically but slavery in America was very different from slavery prior to other countries. The systematic post-slavery oppression via Jim Crow also had long-term societal effects similar to that in South Africa post Apartheid.

[@tybooskie]

There were a few deliberate 'mistakes' in this video.

[@jordanmyers1450]

Dianne Ennaid what about how the muslism were involved in slavery on the african continent centuries before whites showed up. Also who was it that freed slaves? Hint it wasnt asians it wasnt blacks and it wasnt arabs.

[@Hakuu_A19]

Love it! Great video!

[@lobecosc]

Very good and well said.

[@Viatoreptil]

Awesome video! To keep with the theme of "domestic migration of minorities" I think insight on the multiple migrations of Puerto Ricans to the mainland would be interesting (not to be bias of my ethnicity or anything, haha)? Or even with domestic migration in general, the migrations of Central US to the west during the Dust Bowl? Or anything related to Native American contemporary history (post-Trail of Tears)?

[@Middlesecond]

Great video!

[@SymetricRaven]

I’m aiming to be middle class and living in the suburbs. I feel that 💯

[@thatamerican550]

This was great a video, keep up the work

[@elizaisom734]

Love this video.soooo informative

[@trev6511]

Your statement that they aren't fleeing from violence may not be correct. It is possible that the younger generations are getting out of the hell holes that are Chicago and Detroit to escape senseless gang violence. There are some parts of these towns that are lawless and honestly look like they are from a 3rd world country.

[@tywayne3]

Many get out for more job and educational opportunities. People in gangs aren't likely moving anywhere and usually the news attributes everything to 'gangs'. Also, like many others have said, some of the older crowd (30 and up) are moving to the south to either reunite with family roots or start fresh with a lower cost of living.

[@immitchy931]

i interpreted that statement as to why the migration isn't as large as the great migration. they aren't fleeing the SOUTH because of violence, i don't think they were referring to the migration to the south.

[@tio9896]

It's just not the same. Gang violence despite being tragic is sporadic, very random and mainly targeted at rival gangs or those who affiliate with it (although there have been many civilian victims). The 'great migration' was them fleeing from a whole societal structure that was ruthlessly oppressive. There just isn't a comparison.

[@xenoblad]

Young City Bandit Generally the antagonism towards the cops doesn't happen in a vaccum. Some bad black people and some lazy/corrupt cops ruin it for everyone. Whoever has more blame, the end result is the same, even if we disagree.

[@youngcitybandit]

xenoblad Lol the whole hood wouldnt say anything about a murder or shooting even if they saw it because they can't trust the cops. I am 100% people who would keep info from the police are mostly found in the hood. This is just true, we learned that the cops were bad from a young age.

[@frogger-5meo152]

Us African Americans really need to bond together this November and show up strong in numbers and vote this reality TV show president (Trump) out of office!!!

[@dathip]

Nope! Keep him in. I dont support abortion, LGBTQ agenda, and gun control

[@yaya78774]

@@dathip he's out! i did my share to make sure he lost.

[@victoriousgrace5370]

This is an Excellent Video with graphics done over a 6 minute time span, which is not easy to do. Thank you for putting this up. I have chosen to return to the south to reclaim and rebuild the family homestead. It is necessary that I honor my ancestors in this way. I encourage others to trace at least this part of our history and return/rebuild strong families and homes where possible.

[@Micklemoose]

Good video. Thank you. I learned something.

[@PinkSmiles]

I love this channel and everything about it

[@borz7187]

Hope you have a good day! And I have a very good day now. Thank you for reading this 😁!!!

[@freddyfrug4711]

You can find more content about Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama in regards to " The Great Migration " than Georgia, which is strange considering that those three states had experienced net growth in their black populations in 1950 compared to 1920 while Georgia experienced net decline in it's 1950 black population compared to 1920. Louisiana's black population was 183k larger, Alabama's was 78k larger, and Mississippi's was 52k larger, while Georgia's black population in 1950 was 143k smaller than it was in 1920.

[@makayla71399]

Freddy Frug they made all the black people leave on the Trail of Tears....

[@Sean-jc6cu]

Many AA people migrated to West Virginia to work in the coal mines as well

[@serenityjoy1872]

Thank you Vox for the video. Even though you covered that African-Americans are moving from alot of cities, my own move from Detroit several years ago made me realize there might be other factors prompting moves. In Detroit's case, major job loss from the auto industry, issues with the mayor & governor and blight seemed like a large reason many people left. Are there other people from some some of the other places that have a more personal view on what's causing people to leave?

[@georgeboulter2237]

Serenity Joy luckily trumps getting the industry rolling again

[@BikutaValdez]

George Boulter Factory Jobs will never come back. Ever. More automation will happen in the next 5 years than have happened in the last 30 years. If you really are hoping for oil, manafacturing, factory, etc. jobs are coming back I feel bad for ya man. Get an education while you can. You have just enough time to take night classes at your local community college, and get a degree whether it be an associates or bachelor.

[@georgeboulter2237]

EllisD trump is a legend

[@liamprendergast6016]

Yeah, so cities like Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit etc. were major industrial cities, but with the rise of globalization and automation, these cities are losing their manufacturing sector. People are migrating to cities where service and tech industries are growing

[@sarkastikoverlord8707]

A summany of the video, without using race. A group of people were miss treated and forced to work as slaves. Bills were passed to help the people to live like everybody else. Because they didn't have relatives with wealth before them, they would have to move to a place for an opportunity. After years of successful offspring, they found homes that best fit their occupation. I could have added a lot more, but you get the idea.

[@RishonaCampbell-q7r]

I was born in Pennsylvania. My Dad is from Jamaica -- but on my mother's side, 3 of her grandparents were from North Carolina and her 1 grandfather was from Virginia. I grew up in the wake of the Great Migration. And the people who made the move were incredible in their resolve and character.

[@Llanowar_Kitten]

Big fan of the narrator. Little more classical, little more reserved than Vox's usual fare. Not that the other kind is bad, but it's nice to hear a little bit of change.

[@mauricedrew3150]

Southerners, when you keep people down in a ditch with your foot on their backs it keeps you 1\2 in a ditch too.

[@ew374]

And it's 2021 who you referring to🙄

[@carelesscarlos3806]

You misspelled "migration" in the doobly-doo.

[@geralferald]

vlog brothers reference :)

[@melissabennett4328]

Careless Carlos are you a nerd fighter?

[@ardellewachter1649]

Help we have spelling police on duty! I'm screwed!

[@colorado1164]

Um, the correct term is "Grammar police". Even though grammar and spelling are different they also handle spelling mistakes.

[@MrInsdor]

The term obviously doesn't encapture what an American with darker skin colour born in the USA with ancestors from Africa in the last 200 years is perfectly, but if Vox just said American instead of African-American, the video would've been misleading or at least not complete. They could've said black Americans instead, but there are even more people disagreeing with that. Guys, you just sometimes need a term. If every attempt at naming a social group is discrimination you end up with saying "Americans with darker skin colour born in the USA with ancestors from Africa in the last 200 years" instead of Afro-Americans or black Americans etc.

[@teethgrinder83]

Zinouweel just tried to explain the exact same thing to someone lol

[@xenoblad]

Zinouweel does it matter if everyone knows who we're talking about?

[@MrInsdor]

xenoblad What are you trying to say? I'm referring to all the people who said "African-American is a bad term.; African-American doesn't do African-Americans justice. Why don't we call white Americans Euroean-Americans?", which were a lot of comments with a lot of upvotes at the time that I posted my comment. So to answer your auestion, no it does not matter. That was my point.

[@LoliceMe]

African American is a specific ethnic group. We have our own history and culture. Even our very DNA is connected to each other because we are our own ethnic group now. For example, take the DNA of a Nigerian and an African American. Both are black and share ancestry but you will be able to tell which one is the African American and which one is the Nigerian just by looking at their DNA. Not all black people in America, black Americans, are apart of this ethnic group. Black immigrants from Nigeria, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Barbados, Guinea, etc. are not African Americans. They are black Americans, or specifically, Nigerian Americans, Jamaican Americans, Puerto Rican Americans, Bajan Americans, Guinean Americans, etc. but not African Americans. Don't take the African in African American too literally. We know we are Americans, we don't consider ourselves to be African beyond being predominately of African descent. We use the broad term African for our ethnic group because our African ancestry comes from no one place nor one tribe from West-Central and even Southeast Africa. African immigrants coming here from Nigeria, Guinea, Ghana, etc. don't have to be broad like we do. They know where their ancestors came from and the specific place they came from. Hell, they can go by their tribal names and consider themselves Igbo American, Yoruba American, Fulani American, Fon American, etc. We can't do that. Our ethnic group is African American. Our ancestors have been here since before the Civil War and African American history is as old as European American history. People need to realize that black people in America aren't all the same ethnic group and that not all black people are African American.

[@lenaaxe2803]

It's not a big deal. Irish American, Italian America, Asian American etc are all terms used in America when you want to signify ethnic culture. Italian American culture is influenced by Italy and America etc. That's all it is. They say African American because they don't know exactly where they are from

[@MissPaulaGreen]

Love the videos on this platform

[@vetrelsmith5746]

This video deserves a "do over." Narrator's voice is too whispery and graphics are too hard to follow. Also considering that the last half of its title is not nearly half of the video more needs to be said about it. I gave it a thumbs up for addressing the subject.

[@17wantan]

wait what's bringing them back? That point seemed to have gone over my head

[@Fundijones]

There is still a lot of Jeff Sessions in the south.

[@scj3188]

Exactly. I'll NEVER live in the south.

[@muhilan8540]

Sc j Jeff Sessions sentenced many KKK members

[@y4b163]

Jeff Sessions said he was ok with the kkk until he found out they smoke weed...

[@blazingkhalif2]

Y4b1 Yes he said that as a joke context is key

[@zachharrelson9971]

Sc j that's fine. We don't take kind to week yuppies without any common sense.

[@organic4050]

I am black but I rather be called African American.I associate with Africa.That's where my ancestors are from.And I might go back.

[@JayeNovember]

Alonzo Lewis III dumb azz kid..you from America not Africa idiot

[@JayeNovember]

Alonzo Lewis III take your azz to Africa them lions gone run u out lol

[@johnbenjamin9937]

Alonzo Lewis III. there is no such thing as african american neither africa...that land was conquered by a Roman General named Scipio Africanus who defeated Hannibal...the original name was Eden Kemet Havilah-gold Cush Ethiopia see Gen chap 2... you are a Hebrew Isrealite that is who you truly are...jb shalom if a so called negro the tribe of Judah the chosen one of the seed of Abel the seed of Abraham the seed of Isaac the seed of Jacob the seed of David the seed of Yashua... get dvds Hidden Colors #1 ~ # 4 especially # 1 also go to. you tube put in Dana Stevens listen to his revelation about you....

[@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa2158]

John Benjamin you’re stupid and ghey

[@johnbenjamin9937]

Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus. you need to get your census or is it senses together.. You have the wrong brain sitting on your shoulders dumb-ass... jb

[@EvangelistRBColbert]

Cost of living is so high on the East Coast and West Coast, it makes sense to migrate back to Southern States for a better quality of life. The Mid-West is more affordable than the East and West, but the weather is terrible just like the East Coast during the winter months.

[@MissPaulaGreen]

Great platform!! 👍🏾👏🏾

[@abdulkadirali96]

Ain't nobody goin to the south lol

[@jasonledesma5747]

data says otherwise

[@desiree282]

Abdulkadir Ali Alot of us still live in the South though. I live in Charlotte, NC...alot of people are moving south bc of business and cheaper prices and stuff.

[@geralferald]

It's not really black people going to the south it's all races. Mainly because of the warm weather which is attractive to baby boomers which are currently retiring. All these people moving down there is attractive to businesses because of the larger market which then also attracts workers. It's just a big interconnected migration involving hundreds of thousands of people.

[@floatbob4281]

Abdulkadir Ali Atlanta

[@user-vf3cb7vk8z]

Abdulkadir Ali Texas is a nice place, it's turning into a blue state.

[@lowqualityshitposts8860]

He Sounds like text to speech

[@AKeyearea8]

KSJDbv lol good one

[@eleonoramustafaeva1303]

DPOH Productions William fry that is?

[@Lonsoleil]

DPOH Productions Hahaha!

[@xfusee]

Yeah sounds like they sped up his speech :/

[@geofffreygriffin5341]

I disagree with the end of the video referring to the fact that the latest migration of Africans moving to the South is status and economically motivated rather than for survival. The rules of American racism have changed. They are more covert in nature and exist in the institutions that make up our country. They ar no longer overt and in you face (lynchings, mob violence, etc.). How do you "survive" in America? - through your money ad status. Without it you and your family are "dead" to the society. Many families are realizing this and are making the move back south. They are running from something that Blacks have not been able to escape since being brought to this country. Good video, bad ending in my opinion.

[@wayne2816wayne]

Very interesting video.

[@AndyLawsonawl]

How did you get George Clooney on the phone at 4:19? Good stuff once again Vox!

[@DSNCB919]

The south is true homeland thats why folks coming back...

[@noybmyob9663]

AMEN!!!!!!!!!

[@mixtapemania6769]

No, Africa is

[@DSNCB919]

@@mixtapemania6769 no the south is. Africa is the extended homeland but our place is the south east

[@Kreedo1110]

@@mixtapemania6769 no one wants to go to africa

[@MichealjamesRooff]

Lol no sub-Saharan africa is your homeland not the u.s south. The u.s south is still white majority so again not a black homeland it is a white part of the world.

[@freddyfrug4711]

The narrative of The Great Migration has been misleading. There's been much more written about Louisiana on the topic than Georgia. Due to that, I always had the idea that black people had left Louisiana in far larger numbers than Georgia. Turns out that the opposite was true as Louisiana's 1960 black population was 339,000 larger than in 1920, while Georgia's 1960 black population was 84,000 smaller than in 1920.

[@Cjaymoney]

I like Maryland... The D.C. Metro Area has been good to me... I'm going to stay in Maryland!... Thanks Though!

[@SDoGx54]

Chidubem Ezinne no one asking you to come here fool

[@kudjoeadkins-battle2502]

Chidubem Ezinne Maryland is the South.

[@MrJovon321]

Depends where in Maryland. Some more Northeastern-like, some parts more southern.

[@obadiahbenyahuwah1365]

Chidubem Ezinne Amen. The South still looks like Jim Crow era. I'm staying right here in the outskirts of Baltimore, where racial tension is low.

[@WHYOSHO]

Maryland is the South. Might don't look like a "stereotypical" South, but neither does Miami, El Paso, Richmond, and etc.

[@SamuelHereAmI]

I haven't found content I dont enjoy on VOX. Love the Earworm series

[@amerzubaidi]

Man, I love Vox!!

[@bodhisattvism]

deadass that woman said "caste system" like 40 times