Bibliograph

The warmth of other suns, the epic story of America's great migration, Isabel Wilkerson

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The warmth of other suns, the epic story of America's great migration, Isabel Wilkerson

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

history

Main title

The warmth of other suns

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Oclc number

693810883

Responsibility statement

Isabel Wilkerson

Series statement

Brilliance Audio on Compact Disc

Sub title

the epic story of America's great migration

Summary

An epic history covering the period from the end of World War I through the 1970s 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

Table Of Contents

In 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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