Book Discussion: The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson

Tuesday, February 6, 2018
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

In honor of African American History Month, the LALL Book Discussion Group invites you to read the book and join the discussion of The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, by Isabel Wilkerson

The migration lasted from 1915 to 1970 and involved six million people who moved from the American South to escape harsh segregationist laws and find better opportunities. They were seeking political asylum within the borders of their own country, not unlike refugees in other parts of the world fleeing famine, war and political unrest. Wilkerson weaves the stories of three young people who headed north and west during different decades of the 20th century, including Robert Joseph Pershing Foster, a surgeon who journeyed from Louisiana to California and ended up in Los Angeles. The Great Migration changed the cultural and political landscape of America, exerting pressure on the South to change and paving the way toward equal rights for all. It also exposed the racial divisions and disparities throughout the country that continue to plague the nation and dominate headlines today.

Awards:

  • 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction
  • New York Times 10 Best Books of 2010
  • Best of the year lists in The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Economist, The San Francisco Examiner, Newsday, The Christian Science Monitor, O Magazine, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews and more

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The first 10 registrants will be eligible to receive a complimentary copy of The Warmth of Other Suns, courtesy of Vintage & Anchor Books, a Division of Penguin Random House LLC.

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