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Haskins, James , Benson, Kathleen

Out of the Darkness: The Story of Blacks Moving North, 1890-1940

112 pp. | Benchmark | September, 1999 | Library ISBN 0-7614-0970-X $$21.95
(3) 4-6 Great Journeys series. Four history-making migrations are documented through narrative text, testimony (song lyrics, verse, letters, diary entries), and a wealth of black-and-white images (maps, drawings, paintings, photos). These primers place particular emphasis on the humanity of both subject (in Darkness, two individuals are tracked over fifty years) and reader ("What do you feel when you see this picture?" asks one caption). Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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