KPFA Radio 94.1FM presents

ISABEL WILKERSON

The Warmth of Other Suns:

The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration

Hosted by Aimee Allison, of KPFA’s Morning Show

Thursday, September 23, 2010, 7:30 pm

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

114 Montecito Avenue (near Grand Ave + Bay), Oakland

$10 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com :: 800-838-3006

or: Marcus Books, Pegasus Books, Pendragon, Mrs. Dalloway’s, Moe’s, Walden Pond, DIESEL, A Bookstore SF: Marcus Books, Modern Times

($12 door)

“Profound, necessary and an absolutely compelling read.” – Toni Morrison

“The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration” brilliantly chronicles the decades-long migration of African-Americans from the South to the North and West, from World War I through the 1970’s – through the stories of three individuals and their families. Over a decade in the writing and research, drawing on archival materials and more than 1,200 interviews, Isabel Wilkerson chronicles a major shift in American life, comparable to the immigration experience of many people who came to this country, setting off into the unknown in search of a better life. It will stand as a classic of narrative journalism and of modern American

history, equaling masterworks by Diane McWhorter, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and

Robert Caro.

Isabel Wilkerson, the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in journalism, is Professor of Journalism and Director of Narrative Nonfiction at

Boston University. She has also won a George S. Polk Award, a Guggenheim

Fellowship, and a Journalist of the Year Award from the National Association of

Black Journalists. This is her first book.

“Isabel Wilkerson’s book is a masterful narrative of the rich wisdom and deep

courage of a great people. Don’t miss it.” — Cornel West

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