Through interviews, photos, and hundreds of pages of transcripts, Jerkins braids the loose threads of her family’s oral histories, which she was able to trace back three hundred years, with the insights and recollections of Black people she met along the way-the tissue of Black myths, customs, and blood that connects the bones of American history. In this fascinating and deeply personal exploration, Morgan Jerkins recreates her ancestors’ journeys across America during the movement known as the Great Migration, following the routes they took from Georgia and South Carolina to Louisiana, Oklahoma, and California in search of a better life.įollowing in their footsteps, Jerkins seeks to understand not only her own past, but the lineage of an entire group of people who have been displaced, disenfranchised, and disrespected throughout American history.
From the acclaimed cultural critic and New York Times bestselling author of This Will Be My Undoing comes the powerful and timely story of her journey to understand her Northern and Southern roots, the great migration, and the displacement of black people across America.
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