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Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Great Migrations: A People on the Move 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, the film shows how movement is a defining feature of the Black experience.

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Great Migrations: A People on The Move Season 1
52:55
Episode 4 of Great Migrations tells the story of African and Caribbean immigration to the U.S.
One Way Ticket Back
52:25
Episode 3 of Great Migrations explores impact of Black Americans' reverse migration South.
Streets Paved with Gold
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52:25
Episode 2 of Great Migrations explores the second wave of the Great Migration (1940-1970).
Exodus
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52:25
Episode one of Great Migrations covers the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940).
Great Migrations Extended Trailer
2:57
Great Migrations explores how a series of Black migrations have shaped America.
Great Migrations Inside Look
0:30
Great Migrations explores how a series of Black migrations have shaped America.
The Fallout of the Red Summer
4:11
By the summer of 1919, racial tensions in Chicago reached a boiling point.
The Red Summer
4:57
The Red Summer of 1919 was one of the most volatile periods of our nation’s history.
How Southern Segregationists Reacted to Freedom Riders
3:57
How a southern segregationist group took action to slow the growth of the civil rights movement.
Westward Migration
2:13
The second wave of the great migration saw people traveling to the West,
How the Housing Crisis Impacted the Great Migration
4:29
Housing had always been inadequate in the Northern Black neighborhoods of the Great Migration.
The 1967 Detroit Uprising
2:38
The 1967 Detroit uprising was one of the most violent of the 20th century.
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