The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
by Isabel Wilkerson
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2010
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1160L
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Social Science | Emigration & Immigration
- African Americans--Migrations--History--20th century
- History | United States | 20th Century
- Ethnic Issues
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | African American Studies
- Migrations
- Rural-urban migration
- Migration, Internal
- African Americans
- History
- United States
- Migration, Internal--United States--History--20th century
- History | Social History
- Rural-urban migration--United States--History--20th century
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- Black History
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