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A review by elentikvah
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
While I do not recall exactly how this book was recommended to me, it has been on my TBR list for some time - I wish I had not taken so long to read it. It also happens to be my choice for the Discomfort Zone Book Club September genre - Social Justice.
This book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, is one of four life-changing books for me - the others are in the order I've read them - The Lost World of Genesis 1: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate by John H Walton, Deconverted: A Journey from Religion to Reason by Seth Andrews, and An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.
What I really love about this book, is that it is well-written for the lay-historian, making it easily readable. I also really love how the stories of the three individuals that highlight this migration are interjected to bring the historical facts to life - very well done!
As a born-n-bred WASP Texan, this book was hard to read. It broke my heart - the black folks that underwent this migration are of the age of my grandparents, and even my parents - sitting with this fact hurt. I am only separated from this trauma by random selection of my genetics that gives me the privilege of less melanin in a culture that has divided its people over the color line for centuries.
This is a MUST READ.
Rating 5/5 stars "it was amazing"
22 hrs and 40 mins
Audiobook
This book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, is one of four life-changing books for me - the others are in the order I've read them - The Lost World of Genesis 1: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate by John H Walton, Deconverted: A Journey from Religion to Reason by Seth Andrews, and An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.
What I really love about this book, is that it is well-written for the lay-historian, making it easily readable. I also really love how the stories of the three individuals that highlight this migration are interjected to bring the historical facts to life - very well done!
As a born-n-bred WASP Texan, this book was hard to read. It broke my heart - the black folks that underwent this migration are of the age of my grandparents, and even my parents - sitting with this fact hurt. I am only separated from this trauma by random selection of my genetics that gives me the privilege of less melanin in a culture that has divided its people over the color line for centuries.
This is a MUST READ.
Rating 5/5 stars "it was amazing"
22 hrs and 40 mins
Audiobook