With a later U.S. Civil Rights Movement, does the African-American Great Migration last longer?

CaliGuy

Banned
Had the U.S. Civil Rights Movement--and thus immigration reform as embodied by the 1965 Hart-Celler Act--been delayed (perhaps due to no Fall of France in 1940 and thus no U.S. entry into World War II), would the African-American Great Migration to the northern and western U.S. have lasted longer?

Basically, I am curious about this considering that, in our TL, the Great Migration appears to have ended around 1970:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...n_population_living_in_the_American_South.png

Percentage_of_African_American_population_living_in_the_American_South.png


Thus, what I am curious about is this--could a continued bad life in the Southern U.S. (due to Jim Crow lasting longer in this TL) combined with less immigrant labor in the U.S. (due to the 1924 immigration quota system lasting longer in this TL; for the record, less immigration labor might mean a greater demand for Black labor) have resulted in the African-American Great Migration lasting longer than it did in our TL?

Indeed, any thoughts on this?
 
Just doing some math with that chart -- had 1950-70 trends continued, the American South would have had an average share of the nation's black population circa 1990.
 

CaliGuy

Banned
As in their share of black America would be roughly equivalent to their share of the overall population.
Then Yes, this seems about right.

Of course, in a TL where the Great Migration continues until the 1990s, a lot of heavily Black areas in the South might become depopulated--which in turn could hurt these areas' economy unless Whites are willing to move to these areas and fill in the jobs that Blacks previously had.
 
Dear CaliGuy,

Those depressed regions of the Deep South were doomed to de-populate because of: mechanized farming, depleted soils and few industrial investments.
Sure, a few poor white folks would move in to share crop, but that would only reinforce stereotypes about 'dumb crackers' because profit margins were so tiny that only a handful of sharecroppers broke even, while many SH just found themselves deeper in debt or bankrupt.
 

CaliGuy

Banned
Dear CaliGuy,

Those depressed regions of the Deep South were doomed to de-populate because of: mechanized farming, depleted soils and few industrial investments.
Sure, a few poor white folks would move in to share crop, but that would only reinforce stereotypes about 'dumb crackers' because profit margins were so tiny that only a handful of sharecroppers broke even, while many SH just found themselves deeper in debt or bankrupt.
Thanks for this information!
 
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