The Warmth of Other Suns

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history book non-fiction book social history

The Warmth of Other Suns is Isabel Wilkerson’s acclaimed historical study that traces the lives and journeys of African Americans who left the Jim Crow South for the North and West in the 20th century.

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instanceOf	history book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ social history ⓘ
author	Isabel Wilkerson ⓘ
awarded	Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ Mark Lynton History Prize ⓘ National Book Critics Circle Award ⓘ surface form: National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction
centralFigure	George Swanson Starling ⓘ Ida Mae Brandon Gladney ⓘ Robert Joseph Pershing Foster ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedAs	epic history of the Great Migration ⓘ
explores	causes of African American migration from the South ⓘ impact of Jim Crow laws on African Americans ⓘ long-term consequences of the Great Migration ⓘ social and economic conditions in the North and West ⓘ
features	personal life stories of migrants ⓘ
focusesOn	migration of African Americans from the American South to the North and West ⓘ
genre	historical study ⓘ sociology ⓘ
hasTheme	racial injustice in the United States ⓘ resilience of African American families ⓘ search for freedom ⓘ
includedIn	many university history curricula ⓘ
inspiredBy	experiences of African American migrants ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mediaType	audiobook ⓘ ebook ⓘ print ⓘ
narrativeForm	narrative non-fiction ⓘ
notableFor	humanizing large-scale demographic change through individual stories ⓘ
praisedBy	The New York Times ⓘ The New Yorker ⓘ Washington Post ⓘ surface form: The Washington Post
publicationDate	2010 ⓘ
publisher	Random House ⓘ
setting	Northern United States ⓘ surface form: American North Southern United States ⓘ surface form: American South Old West ⓘ surface form: American West
shortlistedFor	Dayton Literary Peace Prize ⓘ
subject	African American history ⓘ Great Migration of African Americans out of the region ⓘ surface form: Great Migration Jim Crow laws ⓘ internal migration in the United States ⓘ racial segregation in the United States ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	1915–1970 ⓘ
titleInspiredBy	poem by Richard Wright ⓘ
usesMethod	archival research ⓘ oral history ⓘ

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