The Black population has increased astonishingly over the past two decades. According to NewsOne, a recent Pew Research report shows North America’s Black population has grown from 36.2 million ...

About 41 percent of African-Americans living below the federal poverty line are in cities, compared with 30 percent in suburbs, 17 percent in small metro areas and 12 percent in rural areas ...

Changing political structures also impacted growth in Dallas, Dulaney noted. In 1991, the City Council shifted from having eight single member districts to 14, leading to more representation for Black ...

While Chicago’s Black population has dropped by a third since 1980, the population of Black residents in the greater metro area has remained stable in the range of 1.5 million.