Journalist and author
Isabel Wilkerson
Isabel Wilkerson uses narrative history to connect individual lives to large social patterns. The Warmth of Other Suns follows three people whose journeys illuminate the Great Migration.
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History
Caste
Isabel Wilkerson
Wilkerson compares inherited hierarchies across societies to examine how inequality is made durable.
History
The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson
Three lives trace the distinct routes and consequences of the Great Migration.
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A book club conversation about home, family, migration, and memory.
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