The Warmth of Other Suns
The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
By Isabel Wilkerson; Robin Miles (Read by)
(Brilliance Corporation, Compact Disc, 9781455814213)
Publication Date: October 2011
Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover, Paperback, MP3 CD, Compact Disc, MP3 CD, Compact Disc, MP3 CD
Categories: Social History, United States - 20th Century, Emigration & Immigration
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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Summer 2012 Reading Group
Host Michel Martin continues her conversation with Isabel Wilkerson, author of �The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story America's Great Migration.� Wilkerson�s book explores the courageous journeys of African-Americans from the Jim Crow south to the north, west, and other areas of America. Last time, Wilkerson explained why African-Americans left, and how difficult it was to do so. Now, she explains what happened once African-Americans reached their respective destinations. More at NPR.org
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More than 6 million African-Americans moved from the South to cities in the Northeast and Midwest between 1915 and 1970. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson documents the resulting demographic and social changes in her history of the Great Migration, The Warmth of Other Suns. More at NPR.org
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