Creating the "Union or Secession" Exhibition Monday, January 31, 2011 Time: Noon-1:00 PM Place: Conference Rooms As a part of the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War, the Library of Virginia developed a unique exhibition on the commonwealth's path to secession between the autumn of 1860 and the spring of 1861. Members of the Union or Secession exhibition planning team will discuss the challenges and successes of constructing an exhibition based on archival collections and other contemporary primary sources to give voice to a variety of perspectives about the crisis of 1861. Sponsored by Middleburg Trust. Speakers include Brent Tarter, Gregg Kimball, Elizabeth Klaczynski, Mari Julienne, and Trenton Hizer. ----------------------------------------------- The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Friday, February 04, 2011 Time: 6:00 PM-7:30 PM Place: Lecture Hall Join us for talk by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson on The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, her moving masterwork chronicling the decades-long migration of black people from the South to the northern and western cities of the United States. From 1915 until 1970 almost six million black people fled the South looking for a better life. Wilkerson uses the lives of three unique individuals to tell this story. She interviewed more than a thousand people and researched official records to write this dramatic account of how these journeys changed people and America. Wilkerson's father, Alexander, was a native of Petersburg and a graduate of Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) who served as a Tuskegee Airman during World War II. ________________________________ For more on other upcoming events at the Library of Virginia, visit http://www.lva.virginia.gov/news/index.htm <http://www.lva.virginia.gov/news/index.htm> . ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html