By Clifton TaulbertA young man heads north from rural Mississippi to find work and integration in St Louis. Clifton Taulbert becomes one of the millions who took part in the great African American migration of the 20th century. The incentive for his journey, besides to make a better future for himself, is to meet his absentee father. He arrives in the midst of the civil rights movement and finds support and friendship along the way. He relates his experiences shopping for clothes, his first jobs, and his first trip home to Mississippi, where he is welcomed as the home-town hero. This story is a good choice for young adults, as well as adults, and offers one man's account of the migration experience, told with humility and without rancor.
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