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Isabel Wilkerson’s 2011 book, The Warmth of Other Suns, follows three individuals, representative of the six million Black Southerners who participated in the Great Migration to northern or western destinations.   These millions of people left harsh, dangerous, and potentially fatal conditions in the south with the hope of a better life.  The Wall Street Journal’s review of the work states, “Ms. Wilkerson does for the Great Migration what John Steinbeck did for the Okies in his fiction masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath…”   After a discussion of the book, take a docent-led tour of selected works that enhance this work.

November 18, 2020 
Mint Museum Uptown | 6:00–7:30 PM
Free for Mint Members

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This event is located at Mint Museum Uptown

Isabel Wilkerson’s 2011 book, The Warmth of Other Suns, follows three individuals, representative of the six million Black Southerners who participated in the Great Migration to northern or western destinations.   These millions of people left harsh, dangerous, and potentially fatal conditions in the south with the hope of a better life.  The Wall Street Journal’s review of the work states, “Ms. Wilkerson does for the Great Migration what John Steinbeck did for the Okies in his fiction masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath…”   After a discussion of the book, take a docent-led tour of selected works that enhance this work.

September 16, 2020 
Mint Museum Uptown | 6:00–7:30 PM
Free for Mint Members

Registration link coming soon.

This event is located at Mint Museum Uptown

Isabel Wilkerson’s 2011 book, The Warmth of Other Suns, follows three individuals, representative of the six million Black Southerners who participated in the Great Migration to northern or western destinations.   These millions of people left harsh, dangerous, and potentially fatal conditions in the south with the hope of a better life.  The Wall Street Journal’s review of the work states, “Ms. Wilkerson does for the Great Migration what John Steinbeck did for the Okies in his fiction masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath…”   After a discussion of the book, take a docent-led tour of selected works that enhance this work.

July 29, 2020 
Mint Museum Uptown | 6:00–7:30 PM
Free for Mint Members

Registration link coming soon.

This event is located at Mint Museum Uptown

Isabel Wilkerson’s 2011 book, The Warmth of Other Suns, follows three individuals, representative of the six million Black Southerners who participated in the Great Migration to northern or western destinations.   These millions of people left harsh, dangerous, and potentially fatal conditions in the south with the hope of a better life.  The Wall Street Journal’s review of the work states, “Ms. Wilkerson does for the Great Migration what John Steinbeck did for the Okies in his fiction masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath…”   After a discussion of the book, take a docent-led tour of selected works that enhance this work.

March 1, 2020
Mint Museum Uptown | 2–3:30 PM
Free for Mint Members

This event is located at Mint Museum Uptown

Isabel Wilkerson’s 2011 book, The Warmth of Other Suns, follows three individuals, representative of the six million Black Southerners who participated in the Great Migration to northern or western destinations.   These millions of people left harsh, dangerous, and potentially fatal conditions in the south with the hope of a better life.  The Wall Street Journal’s review of the work states, “Ms. Wilkerson does for the Great Migration what John Steinbeck did for the Okies in his fiction masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath…”   After a discussion of the book, take a docent-led tour of selected works that enhance this work.

January 19, 2020
Mint Museum Uptown | 2–3:30 PM
Free event after paid admission to the museum

This event is located at Mint Museum Uptown