VEP Press Release, December 1, 1981

1981-12-01

1980-1989

Press release from the Voter Education Project discussing a 2.4 percent decrease in the number of Black majority counties in the South, featuring results from a study conducted by K. Farouk Brimah and Richard A. Hudl of the Voter Education Project. The study also showed that the 11 southern states had 284 majority Black counties in 1900 while at the time of the study there were only 89. The study also found that 40 of the 89 majority counties were experiencing declines in Black population. If the present rate of loss continued, additional counties would lose their Black majority by the end of the eighties. The study concluded that the decrease in the number of Black majority counties could have severe repercussions for Black political strength. 2 pages.

African American leadership
City planning
African Americans--Civil rights
African American neighborhoods
African Americans--Politics and government

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