A Century of Negro Migration: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Century of Negro Migration, credited to Carter Woodson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of A Century of Negro Migration by Carter Woodson. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Dr. Woodson 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. Summary by KevinS.

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Century of Negro Migration
• Author credits: Carter Woodson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 9
• Listed recording duration: 4:50:21

Track guide

1. 1 Finding a Place of Refuge — 21:38
2. 2 A Transplantation to the North — 34:38
3. 3 Fighting it out on Free Soil — 30:18
4. 4 Colonization as a Remedy for Migration — 33:26
5. 5 The Successful Migrant — 29:59
6. 6 Confusing Movements — 37:52
7. 7 The Exodus to the West — 32:23
8. 8 The Migration of the Talented Tenth — 31:01
9. 9 The Exodus during the World War — 39:06

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