The Art of Reading: “The Warmth of Other Suns”

Isabel Wilkerson’s book follows three individuals, representative of the six million Black Southerners who participated in the Great Migration to northern or western destinations. “I was taking a part of the South to see –– If it could grow differently, –– If it could bend in strange winds, –– Respond to the warmth of other suns –– And, perhaps, to bloom.” –Richard Wright, Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth (poem edited for effect) Guided tour, Mint Museum Uptown: American Art, Modern + Contemporary, and Craft + Design galleries to see connections to our art through the lens of migration, resilience, and the pursuit of freedom.