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The Warmth of Other Suns
2011-01-08T14:45:27-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNjM2XC8yOTcxODgtbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Isabel Wilkerson spoke about her book The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration (Random House, 2010). The book outlines the history of the exodus of six million African Americans out of the Jim Crow South to the North and Midwest during much of the 20th century. She responded to questions from members of the audience at this Aiken Lecture at the Atlanta History Center.
She previously worked for the New York Times and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 1994.
Isabel Wilkerson spoke about her book The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration (Random House, 2010). The book o…
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Isabel Wilkerson spoke about her book The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration (Random House, 2010). The book outlines the history of the exodus of six million African Americans out of the Jim Crow South to the North and Midwest during much of the 20th century. She responded to questions from members of the audience at this Aiken Lecture at the Atlanta History Center.
She previously worked for the New York Times and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 1994. close
She previously worked for the New York Times and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 1994.
Isabel Wilkerson spoke about her book The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration (Random House, 2010). The book o… read more
Isabel Wilkerson spoke about her book The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration (Random House, 2010). The book outlines the history of the exodus of six million African Americans out of the Jim Crow South to the North and Midwest during much of the 20th century. She responded to questions from members of the audience at this Aiken Lecture at the Atlanta History Center.
She previously worked for the New York Times and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 1994. close
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