Between 1915 and 1970, as lynching became public spectacle, as a
nicely dressed black woman might be arrested for “acting white”,
as black sections of towns were burned down or terrorized, black
sharecroppers and surgeons quietly fled the South for New York
City, Detroit, Oakland – as far as they could possibly go. It was,
as Pulitzer Prize -winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson masterfully
demonstrates in the Warmth of Other Suns (Random House), this
leaderless “silent pilgrimage” that brought us James Baldwin, Miles
Davis, and the forebears of Michelle Obama; it precipitated the civil
rights movement and created our cities and art forms.
14. How does the critic describe the tale of black migration?
A Only African-American professionals were forced to leave
their homes
B People moved to places where they could work and live
C The migration movement was professionally organized