Wandering in Strange Lands Summary
Morgan Jerkins

Wandering in Strange Lands Overview

Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots is a nonfiction book by Morgan Jerkins. In this book, Jerkins recounts her travels and research regarding Black American history. Jerkins traveled to Georgia, South Carolina, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Los Angeles in order to perform in-depth research into the migrations of Black people across America throughout its history. Jerkins' findings illustrate urgent, sweeping truths about racism in America, as well as important facts about the genealogical connections between various disparate-seeming groups. The book explores themes of genealogy, history, culture, oppression, and solidarity.