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 series of Black migrations have shaped the U.S. From waves of Black ...

It was the primary residential neighborhood for African Americans all during the Great migration. Just north of this Black Bottom residential area was a neighborhood known as Paradise Valley ...

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

(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.

A new documentary will explore the Great Migration, which played a key role in the city's history. CBS News Detroit spoke ...

Dr. Henry Louis Gates brings our hidden history to life like we’ve never seen in Great Migrations: A People On The Move, a ...

The free events include screenings of the new PBS docuseries "Great Migrations: A People on the Move," music and more.

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.

Stepping onto the platform at Michigan Central Station was stepping into a new chapter. For Black families leaving the Jim Crow South, Detroit was more than a destination. It was a declaration. They ...

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