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Wandering in strange lands : a daughter of the Great Migration reclaims her roots
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Wandering in strange lands : a daughter of the Great Migration reclaims her roots
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Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"Between 1916 and 1970, six million black Americans left their rural homes in the South for jobs in cities in the North, West, and Midwest in a movement known as The Great Migration. But while this event transformed the complexion of America and provided black people with new economic opportunities, it also disconnected them from their roots, their land, and their sense of identity, argues Morgan Jerkins. In this fascinating and deeply personal exploration, she recreates her ancestors; journeys across America, following the migratory routes they took from Georgia and South Carolina to Louisiana, Oklahoma, and California. Following in their footsteps, Jerkins seeks to understand not only her own past, but the lineage of an entire group of people who have been displaced, disenfranchised, and disrespected throughout our history. Through interviews, photos, and hundreds of pages of transcription, Jerkins braids the loose threads of her family's oral histories, which she was able to trace back 300 years, with the insights and recollections of black people she met along the way; the tissue of black myths, customs, and blood that connect the bones of American history. " --book jacket.
Contents:
Prologue: the milkman's baby -- Lowcountry, Georgia, and South Carolina -- Louisiana creole -- Oklahoma -- Los Angeles.
Publication Info:
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Subject:
African Americans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century.
Rural-urban migration -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Internal migrants -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- History -- 1877-1964
United States -- Race relations -- 20th century.
Jerkins, Morgan -- Family.
African Americans -- United States
Afro-Americans
Black Americans
Colored people (United States)
Negroes
Cities and towns, Movement to
Country-city migration
Migration, Rural-urban
Rural exodus
In-migrants
Migrants, Internal
Out-migrants
African Americans -- Relations with white people
United States -- Race question
White people -- United States -- Relations with African Americans
SAILS ISBN:
9780062873040