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The warmth of other suns the epic story of America's great migration

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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.

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Main Author: Wilkerson, Isabel (Author)
Corporate Authors: Brilliance Audio (Firm), Playaway Digital Audio, Findaway World, LLC
Other Authors: Miles, Robin (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (TBD)
Language:English
Published: Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2011], p2011.
Edition:Unabridged.
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African Americans > Migrations > History > 20th century.
Migration, Internal > United States > History > 20th century.
Rural-urban migration > United States > History > 20th century.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Title from Playaway label.
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Previously released by Brilliance Audio, p2011.
Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.
Physical Description:1 sound media player (ca. 23 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
ISBN:9781455824588 :
Author Notes:Isabel Wilkerson was born in Washington, D.C. She received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Howard University. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her work as Chicago Bureau Chief of The New York Times in 1994, making her the first black woman in the history of American journalism to win a Pulitzer Prize and the first African-American to win for individual reporting. She also won the George Polk Award, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, and she was named Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists.

Her first book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, won the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, the 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Award for Nonfiction, the 2011 Hillman Book Prize, the 2011 Heartland Prize for Nonfiction, the Stephen Ambrose Oral History Prize, the Independent Literary Award for Nonfiction, and the NAACP Image Award for best literary debut. She has been a journalism professor at Princeton University and Emory University. She is currently Professor of Journalism and Director of Narrative Nonfiction at Boston University.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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