Segregation in big northern cities such as Chicago and New York was originally thought to begin as part of the Great Migration, when more than 6 million African Americans moved out of the rural south to northern urban areas between 1910 and 1970.
David Chunyu, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, disagrees. "Although the high segregation and isolation in the black ghettos had crystallized by 1940, the segregation processes were firmly in place by 1880," he said.
Learn more about Chunyu's research at a free lecture, "Emergent Black Ghettos in New York and Chicago, 1880-1940" at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11. Held in the Pinery Room of the Portage Country Public Library, 1001 Main Street, Stevens Point, this is the second talk in the eight-part College of Letters and Science 2016-2017 Community Lecture Series. The public may attend free of charge.
Chunyu received undergraduate degrees in English and engineering economics from Tianjin University in China before earning post-graduate degrees from the State University of New York-Albany. His research interests include migration, immigration, race and ethnicity, urban sociology and China.
For more information on the Community Lecture Series, visit www.uwsp.edu/cols/lectureseries or email stappa@uwsp.edu.
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