The promised land
the great Black migration and how it changed America
1st Vintage Books ed.
Our rough guess is there are 102,000 words in this book.
At a pace averaging 250 words per minute, this book will take 6 hours and 48 minutes to read. With a half hour per day, this will take 14 days to read.
How long will it take you?
This book will take an estimated to read at a reading speed averaging words per minute. With 30 minutes per day, this will take to read.
Enter your reading speedYou can take one of our WPM reading speed tests to find your reading speed.
Create a free account to track your reading progress, build your reading list, and set reading goals.
We earn a commission on purchases
Author
Publication
1992 - Vintage Books, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
102,000 words, Guess
Page Count
408 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1566504M
- ISBN-100679733477
- OCLC Control Number24952389
- OCLC Control Number232008577
- OCLC Control Numberpromisedland00nich
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number91050493
- LibraryThing213336
- Goodreads912575
Classifications
- DDC973
- LCCE185.6 .L36 1992
Description
A New York Times bestseller, the groundbreaking authoritative history of the migration of African-Americans from the rural South to the urban North. A definitive book on American history, The Promised Land is also essential reading for educators and policymakers at both national and local levels.
First Sentence
THREE OR four miles south of the town of Clarksdale, Mississippi, there is a shambling little hog farm on the side of the highway.
Subjects
Topics
Places
Times
Links
Other Editions
- The promised land: the great Black migration and how it changed America
Show 3 more editions
Similar Books
The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson.
The Negro American.
Edited and with introductions by Talcott Parsons and Kenneth B. Clark, and with a foreword by Lyndon B. Johnson. Illustrated with a 32 page portfolio of photos. by Bruce Davidson, selected and introduced by Arthur D. Trottenberg.
The Souls of Black Folk
Prentice Onayemi, Héctor Arnau, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Patricia H. Hinchey, Walter Covell, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Shawn Alexander, Slingshot Books, Arnold Rampersad, Monica M. Elbert, Brent Hayes Edwards, Eugene F. Provenzo
4h 36m read
Race, Reform, and Rebellion: The Second Reconstruction and Beyond in Black America, 1945-2006, Third Edition
Manning Marable, Manning Marable
Negro Folk Music U.S.A.
Courlander, Harold
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
12h 9m read
Where do we go from here: chaos or community?
Martin Luther King, Jr. ; [foreword by Coretta Scott King ; introduction by Vincent Harding]
Black reconstruction in America: an essay toward a history of the part which black folk played in the attempt to reconstruct democracy in America, 1860-1880.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Eric Foner
Reader Reviews
No reviews yet for this book.
Be the first to share your thoughts!