A00385 - Great Migrations and "The Warmth of Other Suns"

 It is Tuesday, January 28.  Tonight at 9pm PBS will air the first episode of "Great Migrations: A People on the Move".  In conjunction with airing of the program, I have selected The Warmth of Other Suns to read to provide deeper substance to what may or may not be shown on PBS program.  In particular, one fellow alumnus has questioned whether the PBS program will essentially water down the violence and heartbreaking discrimination that fueled the flight of millions of African Americans from the South to the North.  Having not seen the program, I do not know.  However, the violence and discrimination that fueled the flight is sometime graphically set worth in The Warmth of Other Suns.  On pages 59 through 62, the book describes what Ms. Wilkerson claims may have been "the single worst act of torture and execution in twentieth century America" -- the lynching of Claude Neal.  You can read about the Lynching of Claude Neal at 



But more importantly for now, would be to watch the show and to read the book.

Peace,

Everett "Skip" Jenkins
Fairfield, California
January 28, 2025


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Subject: Book of the Month for the Month of February 2025: "The Warmth of Other Suns" by Isabel Wilkerson

In conjunction with airing of the "Great Migrations: A People on the Move" program on PBS, it seems only appropriate that the Book of the Month for the Month of February 2025 be a book that deals with the same subject.  Fortunately, such a book does exist, and, by all accounts, it is a great book.  The book is The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson.  You can read about the book at


and, maybe, you can join me in reading it now.  

Peace,

Everett "Skip" Jenkins

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