Title: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Author: Isabel Wilkerson
Genre: Biography, History
This book is about the migration of African-Americans from the Jim Crow South to other areas of the United States. It primarily follows the paths of three people: Ida Mae Gladney - a Mississippi share cropper's wife, George Starling - a Florida picker , and Robert Foster - a doctor from Louisiana. It also documents many of the harsh conditions of the South and several of challenges facing those wishing to resettle in other states.
Isabel Wilkerson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author for this book.
- Sarah R.
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