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Title: Migration and protest in the Jim Crow South

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2018

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ISSN: 0049089X

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2018.03.011

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Abstract: The Great Migration and the Civil Rights Movement were two pivotal events experienced by the southern African American population during the 20th Century. Each has received considerable attention by social scientists and historians, and a possible connection between the two phenomena has been speculated. However, no systematic investigation of the effect of migration on protest during the Jim Crow era has been conducted. In this study we use data for 333 southern communities to examine the relationship between youthful black migration between 1950 and 1960 and the occurrence of sit-ins early in 1960. We find a strong positive, non-linear, relationship between net-migration and the likelihood of a sit-in which can be explained by two sets of mediating influences: local demographic conditions and local organizational presence. Our findings offer strong empirical support for an association between southern black migration and protest during Jim Crow and suggest the value of considering the influence of demographic forces on collective action.

Url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0049089X18300759

Url: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0049089X18300759

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Authors: Tolnay, Stewart E.; Beck, E.M.; Sass, Victoria

Periodical (Full): Social Science Research

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Volume: 73

Pages: 13-30

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Other

Countries: United States