Research volunteer Caroline S. O’Connell will share the story of Flossie Sinclair Furr, an African American school teacher who was part of the Great Migration in the early 20th century.

Vernis Jackson, who died at 92, is remembered for contributions to local Black history efforts and as a teacher in Portsmouth ...

(CBS DETROIT) — Detroit has one of the largest African American populations ... before but black gospel music was born in the north as a result of the great migration," Gates said.

Housing had always been inadequate in the Northern Black neighborhoods of the Great Migration ... district that was primarily owned by African American business people. But Paradise Valley ...

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

[music] African American migration was one of the most ... out more about the new docuseries by Henry Louis Gates Jr., Great Migration of People on the Move, which tells the story of African ...

(John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union) Parade marchers gather to kick off the fifth annual event commemorating Albany's history of African American ... stories of the Great Migration.

“Great Migrations: A People on the Move” which has been airing at 9 p.m. Tuesdays on Detroit PBS (Channel 56), tells the ...

Plus: Meet Fork's new chef, the Great Migration dinner you shouldn't miss, and a new American-Vietnamese comfort food spot ...

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 ...