Bob Wing and Stephen C. McClure

Bob Wing has been an organizer and writer since 1968, and was the founding editor of ColorLines magazine and War Times/Tiempo de Guerras newspaper. Stephen C. McClure, Former Washington DC window dresser, is now Research Associate, The State Key Laboratory for Surveying, Mapping, and Remote Sensing at Wuhan University, The People`s Republic of China. The authors thank New Virginia Majority and New Florida Majority for their support. Contact Mr. Wing.

Guest Commentary

The Importance of the Fight for the South – and Why It Can and Must be Won

By Bob Wing and Stephen C. McClure Guest Commentators

Although the Black population has increased in all U.S. regions since 1990, the South has had the most growth. Gentrification as well as economic restructuring are motors of this growth, as they are displacing numerous African Americans from Northern cities. In addition, for the first time, the 2010 census showed that many Black professionals are also returning to the South. The percentage of the Black population that lives in the South is growing.

This essay was prepared in March 2015, prior to the 2016 election season that eventually resulted in Donald Trump’s victory. However, the far rightwing’s capture of…

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