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How The Key To Black Power May Lie In Reversing The Great Migration

Georgia Today

English - February 01, 2021 18:55 - 21 minutes - 30 MB
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During the Great Migration, six million Black Americans moved from the South up North. They wanted work opportunities and a respite from the sting of racist Jim Crow laws. Guest host Leah Fleming talks with New York Times columnist Charles Blow, who is pushing for a reversal of the Great Migration. He’s written about it in his new book, "The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto."