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By Ronica Hutchison–
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-seller author Isabel Wilkerson spoke at U of L on March 2 about African-Americans’ migration from 1900s South in a free event.
The event titled “The Warmth of Other Suns” is based on her best-selling book, “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration.” The book is based on the interviews conducted by Wilkerson, who interviewed more than 1,200 people during 15 years to tell the stories of the 1915-1970 migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North and West.