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Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the personal and historic aspects of the mass movement of Black Southerners to the North known ...

The Great Migration is the focus of a new PBS documentary series “Great Migrations: People on the Move” produced by Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. It documents the Black exodus to the North and the ...

A People on the Move,” Detroit PBS is partnering with Michigan Central Station to welcome metro Detroiters to two ...

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

MY SAY Most of us "know" about the Great Migration the way we "know" about ... Gates is now the biggest star of the PBS firmament, with pretty much no one in his rearview mirror.

A new documentary will explore the Great Migration, which played a key role ... The four-part docuseries, which will debut later this month on PBS, explores how African Americans moved throughout ...

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

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 ...

February 10, 2025 • PBS affiliates around Michigan are premiering a four part series with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. telling the story of the Great Migration, a period when historic ...

As he does with his popular PBS series, “Finding Your Roots ... “There’s no way to overstate the significance” of the Great Migration to the history of Detroit, says Ryan.