NEW BOOK ~ BACK HOME THE SAME DAY

A Bronzeville Great Migration Story That Spans The Generations

The ending isn’t necessarily a happy one, but the story is one that you’ll find entirely satisfying.

BACK HOME THE SAME DAY is a mother’s story that begins in Chicago at the dawn of the Great Migration as African Americans fled the Jim Crow South. Her name is Dorothy, and the narrative unfolds both in her voice and through the perspective of her son. This melding of biography, memoir, and collaboration is also told through the lens of generations past, sharing the legend and lore that compelled the family from field to factory and beyond.

Dorothy’s story is one of striving and even thriving in spite of the challenges of newly realized opportunity. It is also the story of the affairs of the heart — a story as old as time.

Dorothy’s son and author, Donald Brooks Jones, says, “When my mother died at age ninety-nine, I knew my next book would be her story. Storytelling has always been a big part of our family’s culture. There were hundreds, if not thousands, of photographs in our house, mostly taken by my dad. Those photos, and their stories, are the basis of this book.

“Aside from the story of an amazing woman who was motherless at age seven and went on to graduate from Northwestern. The story is a first-hand account of the 20th century through the eyes and memory of a Black woman and her family.”

At its essence, BACK HOME THE SAME DAY is an intimate portrait of the impact of the Great Migration on American life and culture, politics and the economy and of the glory that comes in sharing the stories with the next generation.

About The Author

Donald Brooks Jones is the author of

LITTLE DID I KNOW: The Coming of Age of a Black Boomer and

DATELINE: BRONZEVILLE — A Runny Walker Mystery.

He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

donaldbrooksjones.com

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