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Whole families, millions of people, doing a hundred impossible things before breakfast for a lifetime. This is a staggering narrative; that the stories are nonfiction we know cognitively, but this book puts a heart, face and soul to the odyssey. Wilkerson quotes from the Chicago Commission on Race Relations report on the 1919 Chicago riots: "It is important for our white citizens always to remember that the Negroes alone of all our immigrants came to America against their will." From 1619 to thi
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One of the best books I have ever read... started and finished during my winter break vacation. It is vastly educational and enlightening, yet I was intrigued with the storyline of the three individuals followed as they make the decision to migrate out of the Jim Crow south. Anyone interested in history needs to read this incredibly comprehensive and luminous book.
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