The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America (Helen Bernstein Book Award)A New York Times bestseller, the groundbreaking authoritative history of the migration of African-Americans from the rural South to the urban North. A definitive book on American history, The Promised Land is also essential reading for educators and policymakers at both national and local levels. |
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The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America Nicholas Lemann No preview available - 1992 |
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