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3. That book changed everything about my understanding of the US

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sat Nov 9, 2019, 04:10 AM

Nov 2019

Can't recommend it highly enough. There were more person-miles traveled in the Great Migration than by European immigrants to the US during the same period. Growing up in Mississippi I always asked "why the hell are we so poor?" and it wasn't until that book that I realized it was because we chased so many people away, who went on to make the north and midwest rich.

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The Warmth of Other Suns, the Great Migration & Ok Boomer [View all] irisblue Nov 2019 OP

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Wow, guess if tRump does it, it must be ok bigbrother05 Nov 2019 #2

That book changed everything about my understanding of the US Recursion Nov 2019 #3

Thank you for the recommendation. yardwork Nov 2019 #4

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