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To watch the entire documentary, to read background information and to order DVDs, visit:
newsreel.org/video/GOIN-TO-CHICAGO
"Goin' to Chicago" chronicles one of the most momentous yet least heralded sagas of American history - the great migration of African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North and West after World War II. Four million black people created a dynamic urban culture outside the South, changing America forever.
To buy or learn more about this DVD, visit: newsreel.org/nav/title.asp?tc=CN0041
To watch the entire documentary, to read background information and to order DVDs, visit:
newsreel.org/video/GOIN-TO-CHICAGO
"Goin' to Chicago" chronicles one of the most momentous yet least heralded sagas of American history - the great migration of African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North and West after World War II. Four million black people created a dynamic urban culture outside the South, changing America forever.
To buy or learn more about this DVD, visit: newsreel.org/nav/title.asp?tc=CN0041
