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Wandering in strange lands : a daughter of the Great Migration reclaims her roots  Cover Image Book Book

Wandering in strange lands : a daughter of the Great Migration reclaims her roots

Jerkins, Morgan (author.).

Summary: An acclaimed cultural critic presents the story of her journey to understand her northern and southern roots, the Great Migration, and the displacement of black people across America.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780062873040
  • ISBN: 0062873040
  • Physical Description: print
    289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-278) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Prologue: The milkman's baby -- I. Lowcountry, Georgia, and South Carolina -- II. Louisiana creole -- III. Oklahoma -- IV. Los Angeles -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subject: African Americans Migrations History 20th century
Rural-urban migration United States History 20th century
African Americans History 1877-1964
Jerkins, Morgan Family
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American Studies
HISTORY / African American
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights
African Americans
African Americans Migrations
Families
Rural-urban migration
United States
African Americans
African Americans Social conditions
Genre: Biographies.
History.
Biographies.

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  • 1 out of 1 copy are currently available at Athens-Clarke County Library.

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