Destination Freedom - Birth Of The Urban League

Before the beginning of World War I there was started a mass migration within the United States that was destined to involve 2 million souls. It was a shift of 2 million Negro citizens from southern regions to northern cities and it radically altered the social and economic course of the country. In a chapter entitled The Birth of a League Destination Freedom tells the story of the greatest internal migration in American history and the story of the League that was organized as a result of it.  Duration: 30:08  Broadcast Date: 5th January 1950