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

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 ...

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

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

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

Join us as we honor the rich history and contributions of African Americans during Black History Month. Our special television programming lineup features a collection of powerful historical ...

There was a time 70 years ago when Braceville, a rural township in Trumbull County, may have had the largest rural Black ...

Today’s push for school vouchers highlights America’s long and sometimes forgotten history of resisting integration in the classroom.

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