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lightreadsThe Warmth of Other Suns: The Story of America's Great Migration
4/5. A narrative of the Great Migration of black Americans out of the South in the mid twentieth century, told through the stories (given orally to the author) of three who leave – one to California, one to Chicago, one to New York. A beautiful, gripping, scary book about the psychology and practicality of fleeing the place where your ancestors were enslaved, and what you might find far away. I won't soon forget the description of a black man driving through the night across multiple states because no hotel would serve him and if he tried to sleep in the car, he risked attack.
Content notes: Racist violence, racist terrorism, references to child death.
4/5. A narrative of the Great Migration of black Americans out of the South in the mid twentieth century, told through the stories (given orally to the author) of three who leave – one to California, one to Chicago, one to New York. A beautiful, gripping, scary book about the psychology and practicality of fleeing the place where your ancestors were enslaved, and what you might find far away. I won't soon forget the description of a black man driving through the night across multiple states because no hotel would serve him and if he tried to sleep in the car, he risked attack.
Content notes: Racist violence, racist terrorism, references to child death.