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A Century of Negro Migration by Carter Woodson (1875 - 1950).



This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/a-century-of-negro-migration-by-carter-woodson/

Dr. Carter describes the internal migration of African Americans within the United States, including the Northern Migration and the draw of California. Cultural and sociological observations are made as well as a study of principal economic factors in this migration. (KevinS)
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I'm going to give an educated guess here and suggest that each chapter is between 4 and 5,000 words.

The author, a Ph.D. recipient from Harvard, was instrumental in founding the National Negro Week which developed into our National Black History Month.
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Chapter one recorded and edited.
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Chapter 3 recorded and edited.
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Kevin,

I'd be happy to MC this for you. I'll get your MW set up.

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OK, you are ready to go. I've shortened the file name a bit.

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MaryAnnSpiegel wrote: August 12th, 2019, 5:46 pm OK, you are ready to go. I've shortened the file name a bit.

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Thank you so very much! It's really important reading! People forget how things were.
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Kevin,

Please enter section titles in the MW.

thanks.
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MaryAnnSpiegel wrote: August 17th, 2019, 7:07 pm Kevin,

Please enter section titles in the MW.

thanks.
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Will do!
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I would like to claim:

Chap. 2: A Transplantation to the North and Chap. 6: Confusing Movements
Thanks,
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drandall wrote: August 31st, 2019, 10:04 pm I would like to claim:

Chap. 2: A Transplantation to the North and Chap. 6: Confusing Movements
Thank you! You have got them!
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Hi Kevin,

Chapter 2, Transplantation to the North indicates on page 37-38 "a glance at the table on the accompanying page will show in detail the results..." It is a statistical table, do you want that read as well?

Please advise,
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drandall wrote: September 5th, 2019, 3:44 pm Hi Kevin,

Chapter 2, Transplantation to the North indicates on page 37-38 "a glance at the table on the accompanying page will show in detail the results..." It is a statistical table, do you want that read as well?

Please advise,
I'll look now. I'll be right back!
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