Great Migrations Extended Trailer

2m 57s

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 Extended Trailer

2m 57s

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.
Great Migrations Inside Look

30s

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.

Schedule

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Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Exodus

Tuesday
Jan 28

9:00 pm

1 Hour

Exploring the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940) when more than one million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North.
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Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Exodus

Tuesday
Jan 28

9:00 pm

1 Hour

Exploring the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940) when more than one million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North.
Image

Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Exodus

Wednesday
Jan 29

2:00 am

1 Hour

Exploring the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940) when more than one million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North.
Image

Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Exodus

Wednesday
Jan 29

3:00 am

1 Hour

Exploring the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940) when more than one million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North.
Image

Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Exodus

Wednesday
Jan 29

3:00 pm

1 Hour

Exploring the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940) when more than one million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North.
Image

Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Exodus

Wednesday
Jan 29

4:00 pm

1 Hour

Exploring the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940) when more than one million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North.
Image

Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Exodus

Saturday
Feb 1

2:00 pm

1 Hour

Exploring the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940) when more than one million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North.
Image

Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Exodus

Saturday
Feb 1

8:00 pm

1 Hour

Exploring the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940) when more than one million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North.
Image

Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Exodus

Saturday
Feb 1

9:00 pm

1 Hour 30 Minutes

Exploring the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940) when more than one million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North.
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Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Exodus

Sunday
Feb 2

12:00 am

1 Hour

Exploring the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940) when more than one million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North.
Image

Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Exodus

Sunday
Feb 2

12:00 am

1 Hour

Exploring the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940) when more than one million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North.
Image

Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Exodus

Sunday
Feb 2

1:00 pm

1 Hour

Exploring the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940) when more than one million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North.
Image

Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Exodus

Sunday
Feb 2

5:00 pm

1 Hour

Exploring the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940) when more than one million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North.
Image

Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Streets Paved With Gold

Tuesday
Feb 4

9:00 pm

1 Hour

The second wave of the Great Migration -- 1940-1970, when Northern and Western Black communities matured through migration and transformed the cultural and political power of Black America.
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Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Streets Paved With Gold

Tuesday
Feb 4

9:00 pm

1 Hour

The second wave of the Great Migration -- 1940-1970, when Northern and Western Black communities matured through migration and transformed the cultural and political power of Black America.
Image

Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Streets Paved With Gold

Wednesday
Feb 5

2:30 am

1 Hour

The second wave of the Great Migration -- 1940-1970, when Northern and Western Black communities matured through migration and transformed the cultural and political power of Black America.
Image

Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Streets Paved With Gold

Wednesday
Feb 5

3:00 am

1 Hour

The second wave of the Great Migration -- 1940-1970, when Northern and Western Black communities matured through migration and transformed the cultural and political power of Black America.
Image

Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Exodus

Wednesday
Feb 5

5:00 am

1 Hour

Exploring the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940) when more than one million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North.
Image

Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Exodus

Wednesday
Feb 5

11:00 am

1 Hour

Exploring the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940) when more than one million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North.
Image

Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Streets Paved With Gold

Wednesday
Feb 5

3:00 pm

1 Hour

The second wave of the Great Migration -- 1940-1970, when Northern and Western Black communities matured through migration and transformed the cultural and political power of Black America.

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