This book is INCREDIBLE. It’s truly an epic— a nonfiction story of the great migration of Black Americans out of the South, told through the lives of three individuals, making a massive and historic era in our nation feel personal and intimate. I can’t rave about it enough.

I had to annotate this one as I read, because there was just too much I wanted to highlight and remember. Swipe to see the legend for how I color coded my flags— it’s the first time I’ve ever done this while reading but it helped me engage so much and find deeper meaning in these stories.

This book will open your eyes, break your heart, expand your mind, deepen your understanding, call you to grieve, and stir you to action.

It’s important. It’s impressively crafted. It’s imperative for us to understand what happened in our past before having any hope of working toward a better future.

Long story short— read this. Keep a highlighter handy.