The Warmth of Other Suns : The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns : The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel WilkersonA landmark piece of non fiction' Janet Maslin, The New York Times From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this is one of the great untold stories of American history: the migration of black citizens who fled the south and went north in search of a better life From 1915 to 1970, an exodus of almost six million people would change the face of America. With stunning historical detail, Pulitzer prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson gives us this

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