The Warmth of Other Suns

By Robin Miles, Isabel Wilkerson

Subjects: Migrations, Histoire, African Americans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century, Afro-amerikaner, History, E185.6 .w685 2010, African americans--migrations--history--20th century, Historia, Noirs américains, Society, United States, 304.80973, African American, History, 20th Century, Exode rural, African Americans, nyt:paperback_nonfiction=2011-10-15, Rural-urban migration--history, Migration, internal, Rural-urban migration, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Médecine, Human Migration, African americans, history, Migration, internal--united states--history--20th century, Migration, internal--history, Rural-urban migration--united states--history--20th century, African americans--migrations--history, nyt:hardcover_nonfiction=2010-09-05, New York Times bestseller, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Urbanisering, Internal Migration, Binnenwanderung, Great Migration, ca. 1914-ca. 1970, New York Times reviewed, Schwarze, Migration, HISTORY / African American

Description: 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. She interviewed more than a thousand individuals, and gained access to new data and offical records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and ourselves. - Back cover.