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

The primary reason to visit Serengeti National Park is to witness The Great Migration. Considered one of the world's largest animal migrations, The Great Migration involves more than one million ...

As the title suggests, this is a series about migrants whose movements across our land ended up being the most consequential ...

How long you should be able to stand on one leg, according to your age The 5 most stolen cars in America—and the 5 least ...

Research volunteer Caroline S. O’Connell will share the story of Flossie Sinclair Furr, an African American school teacher ...

A look at how Black churches helped Southerners who came North during the Great Migration. In conjunction with PBS’ docuseries “Great Migrations,” American Black Journal’s “Black Church ...

Housing had always been inadequate in the Northern Black neighborhoods of the Great Migration. Housing had always been inadequate in the Northern Black neighborhoods of the Great Migration but ...

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

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 ...

When African Americans left the rural South for the northern and western United States, what rituals and rations sustained ...

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

A new documentary will explore the Great Migration, which played a key role in the city's history. CBS News Detroit spoke with Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., host of "Great Migrations: A People on the ...