🇺🇸ap us history review

White flight

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

The movement of white populations away from urban centers experiencing racial and ethnic demographic transitions, resulting in residential segregation.

AP course connection

Topic 8.14: 8.14 Society in Transition

Unit 8