A powerful history of the Great Migration and its sweeping impact on black and American culture, from Reconstruction to the rise of hip hop.

Over the course of six decades, an unprecedented wave of black Americans left the South and spread across the nation in search of a better life - a migration that sparked stunning demographic and cultural changes in 20th-century America. Through gripping and accessible historical narrative, author and activist Blair Imani examines the largely overlooked impact of the Great Migration and how it affected - and continues to affect - black identity and America as a whole. Author: Blair Imani. Hardcover; 192 pages.