The Great Migration―the mass exodus of blacks from the rural South to the urban North and West in the twentieth century―shaped American culture and life in ways still evident today. In Fly Away; Peter M. Rutkoff and William B. Scott trace the ideas that inspired African Americans to abandon the South for freedom and opportunity elsewhere.Black southerners fled the Low Country of South Carolina; the mines and mills of Birmingham; Alabama; the farms of the Mississippi Delta; and the urban wards of Houston; Texas; for new opportunities in New York; Pittsburgh; Chicago; and Los Angeles. They took with them the South’s rich traditions of religion; language; music; and art; recreating and preserving their southern identity in the churches; newspapers; jazz clubs; and neighborhoods of America’s largest cities. Rutkoff and Scott’s sweeping study explores the development and adaptation of African American culture; from its West African roots to its profound and lasting impact on mainstream America.Broad in scope and original in its interpretation; Fly Away illuminates the origins; development; and transformation of national culture during an important chapter in twentieth-century American history.
#1157905 in Books The Johns Hopkins University Press 2001-10-31Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.00 x .92 x 9.00l; #File Name: 0801868491192 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Unusual photocoverage of WW2 in the PacificBy Paul R. ArtacThe books contains some very interesting photographs - the coverage includes the aircraft used in the theater of operations plus what the personnel went through while stationed on the different islands. Recommended!13 of 14 people found the following review helpful. Photos from a forgotten area of WWIIBy N. TrachtaMr. Gallagher's book is the beautiful story of his experience in the Fifth Army Air Force. To tell his story (that of a simple communications officer); Mr. Gallagher has many personal photo's. While the text does a great job of telling Mr. Gallagher's experience in the Southwest Pacific; the photo's expand things greatly. Mr. Gallagher's photo's show the simple day-to-day life; the natives that helped; and a quite impressive listing of the aircraft used by the Fifth Army Air Force. Most importantly these photos are unique (I've never seen them prior to owning this book. My personal favorites are two with allied aircraft that have markings for the planes they've shot down. On has 5 Germans; 1 Italian; 1 Japanese; and 1 American; the other shows another ace's plane with 1 Australian flag. Also; the nose art is to die for.) and provide interesting insight into the war that took place in the Southwest Pacific.Rating wise; for me this was a solid 4.5 star book due to the photo's. The down side was that the text is a little thin (but they're his experiences; not those of a historian bringing together many different sources). Because of the text being thin; I decided to only give the book 4 stars. Depending on which is more important to you; this book could be a 3 star book (if interested in personal accounts) or 5 star book if you're interested in the photo's.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful story of one man's experience thereBy Robert L. PendergastWonderful story of one man's experience there. He was not a pilot. Many photos. Good feel for the experience of being in the west Pacific.
