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sereyn's review against another edition
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4.0
jenmangler's review against another edition
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What a fascinating book. While I knew the Great Migration happened, I’d never really thought about what it meant until I started reading The Warmth of Other Suns. I love the way Wilkerson told the story of the Great Migration through the lives of Ida Mae, George, & Robert. It brought the migration alive in a very real way and had me totally invested.
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A much needed addition to ones understanding of Black history. The great migration is often misunderstood and as Wilkerson points out, people ask the wrong questions in regards to the movement. Instead of asking what harm the migrants may have brought with them, Wilkerson believes we should "question how they summoned the courage to leave or how they found the will to press beyond the forces against them and the faith in a country that had rejected them for so long."
I wish I had learned about the Great Migration in school, but I feel that as an adult, I have a greater appreciation for the harrowing decisions so many if our ancestors made. Who knows what our lives might be like had they chosen not to leave the south? Reading this book gave me a better look at the what ifs.
I wish I had learned about the Great Migration in school, but I feel that as an adult, I have a greater appreciation for the harrowing decisions so many if our ancestors made. Who knows what our lives might be like had they chosen not to leave the south? Reading this book gave me a better look at the what ifs.