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 ...

The docuseries will explore pressures, both political and economic, that sparked the migration. According to Gates, Detroit's ...

Gates ("Gospel," "Making Black America," "Finding Your Roots") argues here that the Great Migration "continues to shape the ...

Before the Civil War, the vast majority (approximately 90 percent) of African Americans lived in the South. Though some former slaves moved away from the South after the war, most of the ...

A People on the Move, a new four-part series hosted by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., tells the story of African American ...

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration ... to the frustrations of black Americans that are so palpable today. The Great Migration is the term given by historians ...

A PEOPLE ON THE MOVE, a new history series from Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The 4-part series examines the powerful influence of ...

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.

From 1920 to 1930, the African American population exploded in Chicago, increasing from 109,458 to 233,903 residents in just a decade. The Great Migration of people was accompanied by a musical ...

Detroit has one of the largest African American populations. A new documentary will explore the Great Migration, which played ...