Blacks Returning to New South - 2004-01-26
Avery Pough's parents relocated from South Carolina to Queens, N.Y., before he was born, part of a black exodus from the segregationist South.
In 1999, Pough and his wife returned to his roots, drawn by relatives, the promise of good jobs and a middle-class suburban house that they bought in Spartanburg, S.C.
"I just wanted a little bit more than making money and paying someone else's mortgage -- a better life for me and my family," said Pough, 47, a father of two.
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