Professor Amanda E. Lewis’ new co-authored report on Chicago’s declining Black population
A WBEZ story focuses on a new report from UIC’s Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy that suggests a mix of factors is involved in Chicago’s declining black population and others aren’t well defined, but inequality stands out as a leading element. Report co-author Amanda Lewis, director of the institute and UIC professor of African American studies and sociology, says the shift of the city’s black population to many suburbs is not similar to the migration of white people to the suburbs in the 1950s and 1960s.
Modified on June 17, 2020