Kelley ties the exodus of another six million or so to a moving memoir of Black family migration, as well as to the wider sweep of time from slavery to the present ... Poignant.
Drawing from family stories, newspaper archives and memoirs, Black Folk sets out to demonstrate that whites held no monopoly within the American working class.
There is so much more here to interest history lovers. This fine book illuminates the intelligence, sense of community, hard work (often done under deplorable conditions) and resilience of Black workers, who have made crucial contributions to American history.
