pick“Most of them care nothing whatever about race. They want only their proper place in the sun and the right to be left alone, like any other citizen of the republic.” -James Baldwin
I read this for #sharonsayso‘s book club and loved it. It‘s a well researched history of the Great Migration (1915-1970), when Black people escaped the injustice, degradation, and racism of the Jim Crow south by going north and west. Often to be faced with more ⬇️
AmyK1 racism and discrimination once there. I loved that she followed 3 different people and their families while tying everything together into the broader scope of the Migration and it‘s affects on the country. 9mo
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