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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson

From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history. She interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and ourselves.

HistoryAmerican History · medium confidenceAmerican History81 signalsLlm Classifier: American History -> American HistoryKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryAward Category: Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize: Nonfiction -> Arts & CriticismMigration & DiasporaAfrica & the African DiasporaLiterature & Writers

Award History

5 wins · 7 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionMajor2010WinnerSecondary source
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards: Nonfiction2011Co-winnerOfficial source
Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize: Nonfiction2011WinnerSecondary source
Hillman Prize for Book Journalism2011WinnerOfficial source
Mark Lynton History Prize2011WinnerSecondary source
Dayton Literary Peace Prize: Nonfiction2011FinalistSecondary source
PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction2011FinalistSecondary source
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