Author: Isabel Wilkerson
Stars: 5
Review by: Jelsey
Destination: from the US South to the North & West
The Great Migration refers to the movement by African Americans from the southern states to the northeast, the midwest, and the west between roughly 1915 and 1975. By following the lives of three individuals, the author explores the reasons behind the migration, how individuals adapted to their radically new lives, and how the migration of almost 6 million people affected the face of America. Through Ida Mae Gladney, who left sharecropping and prejudice in Mississippi for Chicago; George Starling, who fled for his life from Florida to Harlem; and Robert Foster, who left Louisiana for a medical career in California, Wilkerson provides a storyline that personalizes the rich history of this era.
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