During the Great Migration between 1910 and 1970, 6 million of them left the South — where they effectively couldn’t vote for ...

(CBS DETROIT) — Detroit has one of the largest African American populations. A new documentary will explore the Great Migration, which played a key role in the city's history. CBS News Detroit spoke ...

If “Great Migrations: A People on the Move” had followed Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s original schedule, it would have aired on PBS years ago. However, Donald Trump’s election in 2016 prompted Gates to ...

Detroit native Stephen Henderson details his family’s history during The Great Migration. The Great Migration is the focus of a new PBS documentary series “Great Migrations: People on the Move” ...

WHAT IT'S ABOUT This four-parter from Henry Louis Gates Jr. covers a Great Migration which remains ongoing — the final episode, "Coming to America," is about the migration of African and Caribbean ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The flourishing Black business district in Detroit, Mich., photographed in 1942. Arthur S. Siegel via the Library of Congress, CC ...

On Feb. 20, at 7 p.m., the Loudoun Museum of Leesburg, Virginia, will host a virtual presentation titled “History at Home: From Loudoun to Montclair: One Woman’s Experience of the Great Migration.” ...

The “Black Church in Detroit” series examines the role of Black women during the Great Migration. American Black Journal’s "Black Church in Detroit" series looks at the influence Black women had in ...

Introduction -- The westward impulse -- The peopling of the colonies -- The first americanization -- A new beginning -- America in disfavor -- Pioneers of the great migration -- America becomes the ...