As I have been reading books to expand my understanding of real history, West of Jim Crow filled a critical gap in my learning. Many people think only of the South when they think of racism or the legacy of slavery and Reconstruction. This book explores the experience of Black Americans who migrated from the South in hopes of finding freedom from oppression only to find "all-too-familiar racial segregation." I recommend this book to anyone else who is similarly working to learn or unlearn about the history of race relations, specifically of Black Americans, in the US.

Many thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book. All thoughts are my own.