Baltimore Museum of Art hosts new exhibit, A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration

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Baltimore Museum of Art hosts new exhibit, A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration

By Beverly Richards, Special to the AFRO The Baltimore Museum of Art recently hosted a packed auditorium as journalist, author and the Pulitzer Prize-winner Isabel Wilkerson discussed her book, “The […]

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