Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Exodus

Episode 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 Crow South for the promised lands of the North. In the face of some of the country’s worst racist violence, these migrants established thriving Black neighborhoods, wielded political power, and redefined American culture.

Exodus

52m 25s

Episode 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 Crow South for the promised lands of the North. In the face of some of the country’s worst racist violence, these migrants established thriving Black neighborhoods, wielded political power, and redefined American culture.

Previews + Extras

  • The Red Summer: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Red Summer

    S1 E1 - 4m 57s

    The Red Summer of 1919 was one of the most volatile periods of our nation’s history but one of the lesser known stories is how in the midst of some of the country’s worst racist violence, Black people fought back.

  • The Fallout of the Red Summer: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Fallout of the Red Summer

    S1 E1 - 4m 11s

    By the summer of 1919, racial tensions in Chicago reached a boiling point. When white people attacked, Black people fought back.

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