Woofter, Thomas Jackson, 1893-1972

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Thomas J. Woofter was born in Macon, Ga. in 1893. He graduated from Columbia University in 1920 with a Ph.D. in sociology. From 1920 to 1927 he served on the Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Much of his career after this period was devoted to doing work for the federal government. Some of the agencies for which he worked include the Works Progress Administration, the Farm Security Administration, the Federal Security Administration, and the Central Intelligence Agency.

From the description of Thomas J. Woofter pamphlet collection, 1930-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122368444

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referencedIn Penn School Papers, 1862-2004 and undated (bulk 1862-1978) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
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Economic conditions
United States
Subject
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans
Afro
Agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture
Divorce
Emigration and immigration
Income
Income distribution
Migration, Internal
Marriage
Migrant labor
Overpopulation
Population
Population
Population assistance
Population density
Population forecasting
Population policy
Population research
Public welfare
Rural conditions
Sociology, Rural
Sociology, Urban
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Birth 1893

Death 1972

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