Provides identity to those who have been participants in Afro-American diaspora, and examines the issues of urban disintegration and rural poverty.
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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.