Migration has always told the story of America, and today’s southward shift reveals how much people crave affordability, space, and a different pace of life. Ever notice how your social media feed is ...

One Detroit contributors share their family history. Plus, a look back at the Great Migration. Destination Detroit explores the history of Southeast Michigan and the people who came to the region in ...

The flourishing Black business district in Detroit, Mich., photographed in 1942. Arthur S. Siegel via the Library of Congress, CC BY-ND Black businesses were essential to facilitating the Great ...

The “Black Church in Detroit” series examines the role of Black women during the Great Migration. American Black Journal’s "Black Church in Detroit" series looks at the influence Black women had in ...

While the South grew the most in absolute numbers of rural population, the largest percentage growth was in the Interior Northwest, made up of Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. A biker rides along the Big ...

Introduction -- The westward impulse -- The peopling of the colonies -- The first americanization -- A new beginning -- America in disfavor -- Pioneers of the great migration -- America becomes the ...

Zoë Charlton, "Permanent Change of Station" (2022) in A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration at the Chicago Cultural Center (photo Patrick L. Pyszka, City of Chicago) CHICAGO — ...

While headlines fixate on Florida’s population boom and California’s exodus, a quieter transformation is reshaping the ...

Every year since the 1930s, more people have arrived in America than have left. Every year, that is, until quite possibly 2025. Net immigration was over 2.5m a year at the end of Joe Biden’s ...

Thousands of people moved to rural America last year, causing the fourth year of continual growth in rural areas, according to a Daily Yonder analysis of 2024 Census estimates. Nonmetropolitan, or ...