Their migration was a response to an economic and social structure not of their making. The actions of the people in this book were both universal and distinctly American. How does one even go about telling the stories of more than six million people over a span of nearly 60 years?īut Wilkerson had me hooked within the first 15 pages of them book, in part because of paragraphs like this one at the end of her introduction: There are three main characters, but the story Wilkerson is trying to tell seems overwhelming to even think about. Long Review: At first glance, The Warmth of Other Suns seems like an intimidating book. Opinions expressed in this review are my own, and don’t reflect the thoughts of the panel or reflect our ratings of the book. Why I Read It: This book was shortlisted for the Indie Lit Awards in nonfiction, and I am a judge for that panel. One Sentence Review: Wilkerson’s book manages to be both epic and deeply personal at the same time, and is the kind of nonfiction that changed the way I think about the world. One Sentence Summary: Between 19 almost six million African American migrated from the South to escape Jim Crow laws, and this Great Migration changed the entire face of the United States.
Title: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
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