| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 622 pages ; 25 cm |
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Gender gdr Women lcdgt |
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Ethnic/cultural eth African Americans lcdgt |
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National/regional nat Americans lcdgt |
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Occupation/field of activity occ Authors Journalists lcsh |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [555]-587) and index. |
| 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 coming ; 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Awards |
National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, 2010. |
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Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction, 2011. |
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Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Nonfiction, 2011. |
| Study Program |
Reading Counts RC High School 9.5 43 Quiz: 54825. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century.
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Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Rural-urban migration -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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Racism -- United States.
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Race discrimination -- United States.
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Black or African American. (DNLM)D001741
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Human Migration. (DNLM)D063426
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History, 20th Century. (DNLM)D049673
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United States. (DNLM)D014481
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African Americans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- History -- 20th century.
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HISTORY -- African American.
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HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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Rural-urban migration. (OCoLC)fst01101940
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Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
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Migration, Internal. (OCoLC)fst01020741
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African Americans -- Migrations.
(OCoLC)fst00799643
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African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1915-1970.
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1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9780679444329 (alk. paper) |
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0679444327 (alk. paper) |
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9781448755936 (Follettbound) |
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144875593X (Follettbound) |
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9780679763888 (Vintage Books trade paperback) |
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0679763880 (Vintage Books trade paperback) |
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9780679604075 (ebook) |
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0679604073 (ebook) |
