Great Migrations: A People on the Move (2025)
Explores the transformative impact of Black migration on American culture and society. From the waves of Black Americans to the North—and back South—over the last century to the growing number of immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean today, movement is a defining feature of the Black experience.
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Episodes
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1. Exodus2025-01-28 · 52mEpisode one of Great Migrations explores the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940), a collective leap into the unknown as more than a million Black Americans fled the Jim C
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2. Streets Paved with Gold2025-02-04 · 52mEpisode 2 of Great Migrations explores the second wave of the Great Migration (1940-1970) within the context of World War II and its aftermath. It traces how Northern and Western B
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3. One Way Ticket Back2025-02-11 · 52mEpisode 3 of Great Migrations reflects on how the 1970s marked a turning point in American history. For the first time in 60 years, more Black people were moving to the South than
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4. Coming to America2025-02-18 · 53mEpisode 4 of Great Migrations tells the story of African and Caribbean immigrants in the 20th and 21st centuries. It traces their journeys to the United States, the contributions t
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Self - HostImages
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