THREE OR four miles south of the town of Clarksdale, Mississippi, there is a shambling little hog farm on the side of the highway.
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The promised land
the great Black migration and how it changed America
1st ed.
by Nicholas Lemann
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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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History, Rural-urban migration, African Americans, Migrations, Migration, Internal, Internal Migration, Afro-Americans, Noirs américains, Landflucht, Exode rural, Urbanization, Sozialer Wandel, Schwarze, Afroamerikaiak, Histoire, Trek naar de stad, Belföldi, Városi élet, Binnenlandse migratie, Negers, Migráció, Migratie (demografie), New York Times reviewed, African americans, history, Afro americanos, Migraciones, Historia, Migración rural urbanaPlaces
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The promised land: the great Black migration and how it changed America
1992, Vintage Books
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- 1st Vintage Books ed.
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The promised land: the great Black migration and how it changed America
1991, A.A. Knopf, Knopf
in English
- 1st ed.
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