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Great Migrations: A People on The Move

Exodus

Season 1 Episode 1

Episode one of Great Migrations explores the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940), a collective leap into the unknown as more than a million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North. In the face of some of the country’s worst racist violence, these migrants established thriving Black neighborhoods, wielded political power, and redefined American culture.

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Great Migrations: A People on The Move Season 1
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Episode 4 of Great Migrations tells the story of African and Caribbean immigration to the U.S.
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Episode 3 of Great Migrations explores impact of Black Americans' reverse migration South.
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Episode 2 of Great Migrations explores the second wave of the Great Migration (1940-1970).
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