(US, urban studies) The migration of African Americans from predominantly black or mixed inner-city areas to suburbs and newly constructed homes on the outer edges of cities.
(US, urban studies) The migration of African Americans from predominantly black or mixed inner-city areas to suburbs and newly constructed homes on the outer edges of cities.
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(US, historical) The movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West that occurred in the 20th century.
(US, dated) An African-American area of a city, especially in the American South.
(transitive, US, historical) Of an African-American: to leave a state in the Southern United States as part of a mass migration, especially the Exodus of 1879.
(South Africa) The movement of a person or persons within the same country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.
(US, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) An area mainly populated by black people.