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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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Schedule

  • Great Migrations: A People on the Move: Exodus: TVSS: Iconic

    Great Migrations: A People on The Move

    Exodus

    Saturday
    Jul 4

    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.
  • Great Migrations: A People on the Move: Streets Paved With Gold: TVSS: Iconic

    Great Migrations: A People on The Move

    Streets Paved With Gold

    Saturday
    Jul 4

    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.
  • Great Migrations: A People on the Move: One Way Ticket Back: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Great Migrations: A People on The Move

    One Way Ticket Back

    Thursday
    Jul 9

    1 Hour

    How reverse migration of Black Americans to the South continued to reshape the country.
  • Great Migrations: A People on the Move: Coming to America: TVSS: Iconic

    Great Migrations: A People on The Move

    Coming to America

    Thursday
    Jul 9

    1 Hour

    The impact of African and Caribbean immigrants on American culture and what it means to be Black in America.
  • Great Migrations: A People on the Move: One Way Ticket Back: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Great Migrations: A People on The Move

    One Way Ticket Back

    Friday
    Jul 10

    1 Hour

    How reverse migration of Black Americans to the South continued to reshape the country.
  • Great Migrations: A People on the Move: Coming to America: TVSS: Iconic

    Great Migrations: A People on The Move

    Coming to America

    Friday
    Jul 10

    1 Hour

    The impact of African and Caribbean immigrants on American culture and what it means to be Black in America.
  • Great Migrations: A People on the Move: One Way Ticket Back: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Great Migrations: A People on The Move

    One Way Ticket Back

    Friday
    Jul 10

    1 Hour

    How reverse migration of Black Americans to the South continued to reshape the country.
  • Great Migrations: A People on the Move: Coming to America: TVSS: Iconic

    Great Migrations: A People on The Move

    Coming to America

    Friday
    Jul 10

    1 Hour

    The impact of African and Caribbean immigrants on American culture and what it means to be Black in America.
  • Great Migrations: A People on the Move: One Way Ticket Back: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Great Migrations: A People on The Move

    One Way Ticket Back

    Saturday
    Jul 11

    1 Hour

    How reverse migration of Black Americans to the South continued to reshape the country.
  • Great Migrations: A People on the Move: Coming to America: TVSS: Iconic

    Great Migrations: A People on The Move

    Coming to America

    Saturday
    Jul 11

    1 Hour

    The impact of African and Caribbean immigrants on American culture and what it means to be Black in America.

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