We continue our conversation with Pulitzer winner Isabel Wilkerson, author of âThe Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of Americaâs Great Migration.â In part 2 of our conversation, recorded from her home near Atlanta, Georgia, on September 28, 2012, Isabel Wilkerson describes the inspiration behind her narrative non-fiction story of the six million African-Americans who migrated from the south between 1915 and 1970.
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We continue our conversation with Pulitzer winner Isabel Wilkerson, author of âThe Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of Americaâs Great Migration.â In the years between 1915 and 1970 almost six million black American citizens from the south migrated to northern and western cities seeking freedom and a better life.
Wilkerson interviewed more than 1,000 people for her book. She is the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize and is a recipient of the George Polk Award and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow. Her parents were part of the great migration, journeying from Georgia and southern Virginia to Washington D.C.
In part 2 of our conversation, recorded from her home near Atlanta, Georgia, on September 28, 2012, Isabel Wilkerson describes the inspiration behind her narrative non-fiction story of the six million African-Americans who migrated from the south between 1915 and 1970.
The books Isabel Wilkerson recommends are âThe Ark of Justice,â by Kevin Boyle and âThe Optimistâs Daughter,â by Eudora Welty.
Part one of our interview with Isabel Wilkerson is on our website www.radiocurious.org
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America's Great Migration: 1915-1970 Part Two