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Subject: The Promised Land by Nicholas Lemann
Date Posted: 2/22/2015 2:16 PM ET
Member Since: 6/30/2008
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This is a record of the historic migration of Black people out of the south and into the north starting about 1940. The author is a journalist and his writing style is lively and easy to read. Very interesting reading. I'm about 1/3 through so far and really enjoying it.