Discover the epic saga of six million souls fleeing the Jim Crow South, reshaping America with their courage and dreams.
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Discover the epic saga of six million souls fleeing the Jim Crow South, reshaping America with their courage and dreams.
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In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel 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. She interviewed more than a thousand individuals, and gained access to new data and offical records, to write this definitive and...
What's Inside
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Romance & sex
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Brief mentions of marriages and personal relationships among migrants
Violence & gore
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Accounts of lynchings, beatings, and racial terror with some graphic detail
Profanity
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Occasional strong language in quoted interviews and dialogue
Substance use
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Incidental references to alcohol in social or historical contexts
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ representation depicted
Religious content
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References to church communities and faith among migrants
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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No occult content present
Political content
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Central examination of racial segregation, Jim Crow laws, and social upheaval
Self-harm / suicide
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Mentions of despair and hardship without graphic on-page acts
Abuse & suffering
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Extensive coverage of slavery's legacy, systemic racism, violence, and personal suffering
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