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The Warmth Of Other Suns
The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
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Book Summary
In an epic history covering the period from the end of World War I through the 1970s, a Pulitzer Prize winner chronicles the decades-long migration of African-Americans from the South to the North and West through the stories of three individuals and their families.
Awards and Recognition
National Book Critics Circle Award (2011)
18 weeks on NPR Paperback Nonfiction Bestseller List
Genres:
This book is about:
- Migration, Internal,
- Migrations,
- Rural-urban migration,
- 20th century,
- African Americans,
- History,
- United States
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