Any Place But Here
a song cycle in 12 poems
Any Place But Here tells the story of a young African-American man migrating out of the South and heading toward an unnamed urban center during the Great Migration, a 60-year span during which nearly 6 million African-Americans moved from the South to cities in the North and West. The songs tell of his hope as guiding force, his drive toward dignity, and his search for the elusive feeling of belonging in his own country.
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