How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South

How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South

From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black, a riveting intergenerational account of his family’s search for home and hope

“A riveting book that …

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