The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration
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In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author 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.
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| White Plains Public Library | 304.809 W (Text) Nonfiction |
31544101254639 |
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| White Plains Public Library | 304.809 W (Text) Nonfiction |
31544101281988 |
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| White Plains Public Library | 304.809 W (Text) Nonfiction |
31544200103414 |
Checked out 04/05/2024 |
| White Plains Public Library | 304.809 W (Text) Nonfiction |
31544200103422 |
Checked out 05/04/2024 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4. | ‡aThe warmth of other suns : ‡bthe epic story of America's great migration / ‡cIsabel Wilkerson. |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York : ‡bRandom House, ‡c[2010] | |
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| 300 | . | ‡ax, 622 pages ; ‡c25 cm | |
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| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [555]-587) and index. | |
| 505 | 0 | . | ‡aIn the land of the forefathers. Leaving ; The Great Migration, 1915-1970 -- Beginnings. Ida Mae Brandon Gladney ; The stirrings of discontent ; George Swanson Starling ; Robert Joseph Pershing Foster ; A burdensome labor ; The Awakening ; Breaking away -- Exodus. The appointed time of their crossing ; Crossing over -- The kinder mistress. Chicago ; New York ; Los Angeles ; The things they left behind ; Transplanted in alien soil ; Divisions ; To bend in strange winds ; The other side of Jordan ; Complications ; The river keeps running ; The prodigals ; Disillusionment ; Revolutions ; The fullness of the migration -- Aftermath. In the places they left ; Losses ; More North and West than South ; Redemption ; And, perhaps, to bloom ; The winter of their lives ; The emancipation of Ida Mae. |
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