The warmth of other suns: the epic story of America's great migration
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New York : Vintage Books, 2011.
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x, 622 pages ; 24 cm
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Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America, altering our cities, our country, and ourselves. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history. With stunning historical detail, Wilkerson tells this story through the lives of three unique individuals: Ida Mae Gladney, who in 1937 left sharecropping and prejudice in Mississippi for Chicago, sharp and quick-tempered George Starling, who in 1945 fled Florida for Harlem, and Robert Foster, who left Louisiana in 1953 to pursue a medical career. Wilkerson captures their first treacherous and exhausting cross-country trips by car and train and their new lives in colonies that grew into ghettos, as well as how they changed these cities with southern food, faith, and culture and improved them with discipline, drive, and hard work. A superb account of an “unrecognized immigration” within our own land. This book is destined to become a classic, through the breadth of its narrative, the beauty of the writing, the depth of its research, and the fullness of the people and lives portrayed herein.

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9780679763888 (paperback), 0679763880 (paperback)
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Originally published: New York : Random House, 2010.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [555]-587) and index.
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Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America, altering our cities, our country, and ourselves. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history. With stunning historical detail, Wilkerson tells this story through the lives of three unique individuals: Ida Mae Gladney, who in 1937 left sharecropping and prejudice in Mississippi for Chicago, sharp and quick-tempered George Starling, who in 1945 fled Florida for Harlem, and Robert Foster, who left Louisiana in 1953 to pursue a medical career. Wilkerson captures their first treacherous and exhausting cross-country trips by car and train and their new lives in colonies that grew into ghettos, as well as how they changed these cities with southern food, faith, and culture and improved them with discipline, drive, and hard work. A superb account of an “unrecognized immigration” within our own land. This book is destined to become a classic, through the breadth of its narrative, the beauty of the writing, the depth of its research, and the fullness of the people and lives portrayed herein.
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Wilkerson, I. (2011). The warmth of other suns: the epic story of America's great migration. First Vintage Books Edition. New York, Vintage Books.

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Wilkerson, Isabel. 2011. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration. New York, Vintage Books.

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Wilkerson, Isabel, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration. New York, Vintage Books, 2011.

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Wilkerson, Isabel. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration. First Vintage Books Edition. New York, Vintage Books, 2011.

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