Feb. 18, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Wednesdays, Feb. 5 - 26 at 8 a.m. on KPBS 2. The series explores how a ...

When African Americans left the rural South for the northern and western United States, what rituals and rations sustained ...

The Great Migration is the massive migration, or movement, of African Americans from multiple different states throughout the American South. They see the North and the West as this opportunity to ...

There’s a sense of pride for many Americans in our identity as a melting pot. But until the early part of the 20th Century, the United States was deeply segregated.

(upbeat music) - The African-American Great Migration was in fact one of the most significant demographic transformations in United States history. - The music that we associate with America.

Gates ("Gospel," "Making Black America," "Finding Your Roots") argues here that the Great Migration "continues to shape the identity of Black Americans." But this four-parter presses the case that it ...

The docuseries will explore pressures, both political and economic, that sparked the migration. According to Gates, Detroit's Black population rose by thousands in the early 1900s due to the Great ...

Literacy InterActives, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Southside Virginia, is thrilled to announce the return of its Black History Month series for our community readers. The 2025 Black ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - In South Bend, the history of African Americans has continued to grow since the early 1900′s, with the start of “The Great Migration.” Many cities in the north ...

During the Great Migration, Black Americans seeking a better life and more opportunity left Jim Crow south, with many landing ...

The worker’s home is more than just a house. It's a journey through time. There were once workers who came to South Bend during The Great Migration to seek better jobs and opportunities.