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4.5 stars This is another important book that all Americans should read. Similar to Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim Crow" it is a mind opening look at Jim Crow America (north and south) and the outrageous, overt, and violent discrimination that we perpetrated on black Americans which contributed to a mass migration from south to north and west during the 1900's, tapering off in the 70's following the civil rights movement. It follows three individuals which gives you a beautiful and personal c
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4 1/2 stars. This was a fantastic listen.
This book was surprisingly moving. The aim, tell the tale of three individuals who never met nor had much in common outside their point of origin (the south) and their destination (the North) seem to me a task that would fall hopelessly short. It did not. The book does drag. The middle especially seems to get lost in details. Three stories do a good job of relating the wide range of experiences, poor, middle class and upper class educated African-Americans went through during the migration. And
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The research Isabel Wilkerson had to do for this book is impressive. These stories are ones all Americans should know. <3
A must read.
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