WaPo: “Between the 1910s and 1970s, approximately 6 million Black people fled the South, primarily from rural areas, seeking safety and jobs, mostly in the urban North and West. During this era, it was common for Black migrants to return to the rural South for visits, often in the summertime.
That trip was at once a reunion, a history lesson and a rite of passage. For many Northern- or Western-born kids, this was a rare chance to do several things: see their Southern relatives who did not migrate, understand the segregated society that shaped their family and experience their ancestral landscape, where Black people had gone from enslavement on plantations to sharecropping and other agricultural occupations.
…There’s little data on Black travel patterns, but experts say these habits have shifted in recent years away from the rural Southern family reunion. Instead, Black travelers are seeking new destinations and experiences, said Alana Dillette, who teaches about hospitality and tourism at San Diego State University and is a co-founder of CODE, an organization focused on equity in the tourism industry. Many Black travelers no longer have living relatives in the rural South anyway, she said.”