The city & state I grew up in were shaped by enslavement (the Missouri Compromise 🤢), the Civil War, **and** the Great Migration, particularly during WWII, and we learned nothing about it but the name in history class in high school (and I MAJORED in history in college at Mizzou?!?!). ANYWAY, so very glad this book is available to students and teachers, at least in states that don't ban it. Reminds me to give it to my Missouri and Kansas-dwelling niblings and their parents. Just in case they might want to know things before, you know, they turn 40.
I read this book several years ago and it was profoundly eye opening. As a white person I’d never heard of the Great Migration or the difficulties faced by the people who chose to move. Thank you for featuring this book. It’s a good read.
IIRC, I listened to this one as I commuted to teach in Albany and Corvallis a few years ago (pre-pandemic). It's incredible, and incredibly read by the great Robin Miles (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/how-a-great-audiobook-narrator-finds-her-voices - a NYer profile of the narrator!), and I was and remain furious that I didn't know much of the reality before I was an adult.
The city & state I grew up in were shaped by enslavement (the Missouri Compromise 🤢), the Civil War, **and** the Great Migration, particularly during WWII, and we learned nothing about it but the name in history class in high school (and I MAJORED in history in college at Mizzou?!?!). ANYWAY, so very glad this book is available to students and teachers, at least in states that don't ban it. Reminds me to give it to my Missouri and Kansas-dwelling niblings and their parents. Just in case they might want to know things before, you know, they turn 40.
I agree. Her research was remarkable, and her own personal voice so strong. It's a brilliant combination and makes for a riveting read.
This has been on my list. Thanks for the great review. I read CASTE when it came out and loved it. She brings history to vivid life.
I really liked Caste as well. Her books have the authority and strong voice that come only from intensive, immersive research and reporting.
I read this book several years ago and it was profoundly eye opening. As a white person I’d never heard of the Great Migration or the difficulties faced by the people who chose to move. Thank you for featuring this book. It’s a good read.