Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America.

Title from Playaway label. "HDAUDIO." Release date supplied by publisher. Previously released by Brilliance Audio, p2011. Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player. One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for playback.

PART ONE.In the Land of the Forefathers -- Leaving -- Great Migration, 1915-1970 -- PART TWO. Beginnings -- Ida Mae Brandon Gladney -- Stirrings of Discontent -- George Swanson Starling -- Robert Joseph Pershing Foster -- Burdensome Labor -- Awakening -- Breaking Away -- PART THREE. Exodus -- Appointed Time of Their Coming -- Crossing Over -- PART FOUR. Kinder Mistress -- Chicago -- New York -- Los Angeles -- Things They Left Behind -- Transplanted in Alien Soil -- Divisions -- To Bend in Strange Winds -- Other Side of Jordan -- Complications -- River Keeps Running -- Prodigals -- Disillusionment -- Revolutions -- Fullness of the Migration -- PART FIVE. Aftermath -- In the Places They Left -- Losses -- More North and West Than South -- Redemption -- And, Perhaps, to Bloom -- Winter of Their Lives -- Emancipation of Ida Mae.