Isabel Wilkerson's The warmth of other suns
Subtitle: the epic story of America's great migration
By: by Taryn Nakamura
Contributors: Wilkerson, Isabel
Series: Quicklet; Quicklet
Publisher: Hyperink
Published: 2012
Place of publication: San Francisco, California]
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781614641544
Subjects: African Americans; Migrations; History; Internal Migration; Rural-urban migration; Exode rural; Histoire; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Emigration & Immigration
Other titles: Quicklet, an unofficial guide
Description: Description ABOUT THE BOOK Isabel Wilkerson's The Warmth of Other Suns is truly a labor of love. It took 15 years to research and write, as she interviewed over 1,200 people. Wilkerson tracked down her subjects at churches, quilting clubs, funerals, family reunions, and others. After preliminary rounds of interviews, she narrowed her search down to 30 people, and then chose the three main subjects who appear in the book. She was racing against the clock to collect as many stories as possible from the migrants, whose numbers were starting to dwindle. Her book even covers the funerals of b.
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Table of contents: title: Quicklet on Isabel Wilkerson's The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration; About the Book; A Southerner Once Removed; Overall Summary of The Warmth of Other Suns; The South, 1915 to the 1970s; Key Words and Historical Figures; Major Characters; Strangers in a Strange Land: Migrant Hierarchy; What the Critics are Saying; The Other Voices; Interesting Facts; Sources and Additional Reading; About the Author; About the Publisher.