02086cam a2200253 4500 1147846433 TxAuBib |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 2009049753 9780679444329 hardcover 0679444327 hardcover TxAuBib Wilkerson, Isabel. The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration / Isabel Wilkerson. 1st ed. New York : Random House, ♭2010. x, 622 p. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [555]-587) and index. 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. 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. African Americans Migrations History 20th century. Migration, Internal United States History 20th century. Rural-urban migration United States History 20th century.