“The Migration helped other people of color – the later arrivals from Asia, South and Central America, and the Middle East – whose worlds opened up further as the country liberalized its views of diversity. The Migration exposed white Americans outside the South to black culture and created an opportunity – much of it missed – to bridge the races in the New World.”

“The Migration helped other people of color – the later arrivals from Asia, South and Central America, and the Middle East – whose worlds opened up further as the country liberalized its views of diversity. The Migration exposed white Americans outside the South to black culture and created an opportunity – much of it missed – to bridge the races in the New World.”

— Isabel Wilkerson