THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS

The Warmth of Other Suns The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson - I wish this this Pulitzer Prize winning book had been the history book of choice for any of Peter's english or history classes these past years.  It tells the stories of three people of color who were born in the segregated and discriminatory south and follows their lives to very different lives with new freedoms in the north.  It is a history, factual and detailed, frightening and hopeful.  Ida Mae, George and Robert are real people who were part of that "greatest generation".  They never gave up;  they survived and thrived, almost more so when they were down.  The beautiful title comes from a line in a poem by Richard Wright.  This is a must read.