The Warmth of Other Suns
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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
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non-fiction book → social history → |
| author |
Isabel Wilkerson
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| awarded |
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
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Mark Lynton History Prize → National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction → |
| centralFigure |
George Swanson Starling
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Ida Mae Brandon Gladney → Robert Joseph Pershing Foster → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| describedAs |
epic history of the Great Migration
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| explores |
causes of African American migration from the South
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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
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| focusesOn |
migration of African Americans from the American South to the North and West
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| genre |
historical study
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sociology → |
| hasTheme |
racial injustice in the United States
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resilience of African American families → search for freedom → |
| includedIn |
many university history curricula
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| inspiredBy |
experiences of African American migrants
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| language |
English
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| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook → print → |
| narrativeForm |
narrative non-fiction
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| notableFor |
humanizing large-scale demographic change through individual stories
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| praisedBy |
The New York Times
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The New Yorker → The Washington Post → |
| publicationDate |
2010
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| publisher |
Random House
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| setting |
American North
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American South → American West → |
| shortlistedFor |
Dayton Literary Peace Prize
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| subject |
African American history
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Great Migration → Jim Crow laws → internal migration in the United States → racial segregation in the United States → |
| timePeriodCovered |
1915–1970
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| titleInspiredBy |
poem by Richard Wright
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| usesMethod |
archival research
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oral history → |
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| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Great Migration of African Americans
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Isabel Wilkerson
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hasWritten |
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Isabel Wilkerson
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notableWork |
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
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precededBy |
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Isabel Wilkerson
("2010: The Warmth of Other Suns")
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publicationDateOfWork |