White Flight Epidemic

White Flight refers to the mass migration of the white population from urban cities to suburban neighborhoods. This Phenomenon was experienced in the city of Houston from the 1950’s through the 1980’s. There were many factors that contributed to Houston’s White Flight Epidemic. The main cause was desegregation in the city schools per the supreme court decision of Brown vs the Board of Education, which eradicated the Jim Crow laws and the concept of separate but equal. Other factors that contributed to white flight was the establishment of a new freeway system, the establishment of the suburbs leading to Houston’s real-estate boom, the annexation of more land expanding the city, and the establishment of local malls robbing the city of commerce.