The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration
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- ISBN: 9780679763888
- ISBN: 0679763880
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x, 622 pages ; 24 cm - Edition: First Vintage books edition.
- Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, a divisio.n of Random House, Inc., 2011.
- Copyright: ©2010
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General Note: | Originally published: New York : Random House, ©2010. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-587) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | In the land of the forefathers. Leaving ; The Great Migration, 1915-1970 -- Beginnings. Ida Mae Brandon Gladney ; The stirrings of discontent ; George Swanson Starling ; Robert Joseph Pershing Foster ; A burdensome labor ; The Awakening ; Breaking away -- Exodus. The appointed time of their coming ; Crossing over -- The kinder mistress. Chicago ; New York ; Los Angeles ; The things they left behind ; Transplanted in alien soil ; Divisions ; To bend in strange winds ; The other side of Jordan ; Complications ; The river keeps running ; The prodigals ; Disillusionment ; Revolutions ; The fullness of the migration -- Aftermath. In the places they left ; Losses ; More North and West than South ; Redemption ; And, perhaps, to bloom ; The winter of their lives ; The emancipation of Ida Mae. |
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The Warmth of Other Suns : The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
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Table of Contents
The Warmth of Other Suns : The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Part 1 | In the Land of the Forefathers | p. 1 |
Leaving | p. 3 | |
The Great Migration, 1915-1970 | p. 8 | |
Part 2 | Beginnings | p. 17 |
Ida Mae Brandon Gladney | p. 19 | |
The Stirrings of Discontent | p. 36 | |
George Swanson Starling | p. 47 | |
Robert Joseph Pershing Foster | p. 72 | |
A Burdensome Labor | p. 95 | |
The Awakening | p. 124 | |
Breaking Away | p. 165 | |
Part 3 | Exodus | p. 181 |
The appointed Time of their Coming | p. 183 | |
Crossing Over | p. 205 | |
New York | p. 227 | |
Los Angeles | p. 230 | |
The Things They Left Behind | p. 238 | |
Transplanted in Alien Soil | p. 242 | |
Divisions | p. 260 | |
To Bend in Strange Winds | p. 285 | |
The Other Side of Jordan | p. 302 | |
Complications | p. 332 | |
The River Keeps Running | p. 364 | |
The Prodigals | p. 371 | |
Disillusionment | p. 385 | |
Revolutions | p. 385 | |
The Fullness of the Migration | p. 413 | |
Part 5 | Aftermath | p. 433 |
In the Places They Left | p. 435 | |
Losses | p. 445 | |
More North and West Than South | p. 455 | |
Rederription | p. 465 | |
And, Perhaps, to Bloom | p. 481 | |
The Winter of Their Lives | p. 491 | |
The Emancipation of Ida Mae | p. 516 | |
Epilogue | p. 527 | |
Notes on Methodology | p. 539 | |
Afterword | p. 545 | |
Acknowledgments | p. 547 Notes | |
Index | p. 589 | |
Permissions Acknowledgments | p. 621 |