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Winner: National book critics circle award for nonfiction.
"In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles on of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. She interviewed more than a thousand individuals, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering out cities, our country, and ourselves."
"In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles on of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. She interviewed more than a thousand individuals, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering out cities, our country, and ourselves."