audiobook Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain (Civil War America) by Robert K. Krick in History

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Between 1900 and the 1970s; twenty million southerners migrated north and west. Weaving together for the first time the histories of these black and white migrants; James Gregory traces their paths and experiences in a comprehensive new study that demonstrates how this regional diaspora reshaped America by "southernizing" communities and transforming important cultural and political institutions.Challenging the image of the migrants as helpless and poor; Gregory shows how both black and white southerners used their new surroundings to become agents of change. Combining personal stories with cultural; political; and demographic analysis; he argues that the migrants helped create both the modern civil rights movement and modern conservatism. They spurred changes in American religion; notably modern evangelical Protestantism; and in popular culture; including the development of blues; jazz; and country music.In a sweeping account that pioneers new understandings of the impact of mass migrations; Gregory recasts the history of twentieth-century America. He demonstrates that the southern diaspora was crucial to transformations in the relationship between American regions; in the politics of race and class; and in the roles of religion; the media; and culture.