Way Up North in Louisville: African American Migration in the Urban South, 1930-1970

Luther Adams demonstrates that in the wake of World War II, when roughly half the black population left the South seeking greater opportunity and freedom in the North and West, the same desire often anchored African Americans to the South. Way Up North in Louisville explores the forces that led blacks to move to urban centers in the South to make their homes. Adams defines “home” as a commitment to life in the South that fueled the emergence of a more cohesive sense of urban community and e...