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Reviewed on October 15, 2012 | History
Phillips’s (history, Brooklyn Coll.; War! What Is It Good For?: Black Freedom Struggles and the U.S. Military from World War II to Iraq) comprehensive history explores the migration of the nine million African Americans who left the South for other regions of the United States between 1865 and 1965, and also discusses the 1.3 million Africans and 500,000 Caribbean migrants who have entered the United States over the past 40 years. After an introductory essay, “Black Migration and the African Diaspora,” six chapters explore eras and places, starting with “African American Migration after 1865” and cont...Log In or Sign Up to Read More