Displaying 1 of 1 2011 Title: The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration / Isabel Wilkerson. Format: Book Author: Wilkerson, Isabel, author. Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Vintage Books, 2011. ©2010 Copyright: ©2010 Description: x, 622 pages ; 24 cm Summary: 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. Subjects: African Americans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century. Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Rural-urban migration -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Notes: Originally published: New York : Random House, ©2010. Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-587) and index. National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction winner, 2010 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 2011 Contents: Part 1: . In the land of the forefathers -- Leaving -- Great Migration, 1915-1970 -- Part 2: Beginnings -- Ida Mae Brandon Gladney -- Stirrings of discontent -- George Swanson Starling -- Robert Joseph Pershing Foster -- Burdensome labor -- Awakening -- Breaking away -- Part 3: Exodus -- Appointed time of their coming -- Crossing over -- Part 4: Kinder mistress -- Chicago -- New York -- Los Angeles -- Things they left behind -- Transplanted in alien soil -- Divisions -- To bend in strange winds -- Other side of Jordan -- Complications -- River keeps running -- Prodigals -- Disillusionment -- Revolutions -- Fullness of the migration -- Part 5: Aftermath -- In the places they left -- Losses -- More North and West than South -- Redemption -- Perhaps, to bloom -- Winter of their lives -- Emancipation of Ida Mae -- Epilogue. ISBN: 9780679763888 (trade paperback) 0679763880 (trade paperback) Other Number: 697261679 Control Number: 2531318 Total Owned in SHARE 16 # Available: 15 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 0 # Local items in: 0 Course Reserves: 0 Request It Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Available? Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
