(CBS DETROIT) — Detroit has one of the largest African American populations. A new documentary will explore the Great Migration, which played a key role in the city's history. CBS News Detroit spoke ...

Detroit native Stephen Henderson details his family’s history during The Great Migration. The Great Migration is the focus of a new PBS documentary series “Great Migrations: People on the Move” ...

The video above is an excerpt from an interview with Dean Woods, a descendant of a “decorated hero” of the Colfax Massacre of 1873 in Colfax, Louisiana. SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Louisiana has ...

A look at how Black churches helped Southerners who came North during the Great Migration. “Black Church in Detroit” series examines the church's role and impact during the Great Migration. One ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The New York State Museum is honoring the Black women who helped shape Albany’s history through a new exhibit. “Fashion and Faith: Hats of the Great Migration” explores the ...

In the 20th century, hundreds of thousands of people came to Detroit via the Great Migration. Several made it by way of train, landing in the city for the first time via the Michigan Central Station.

Zoë Charlton, "Permanent Change of Station" (2022) in A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration at the Chicago Cultural Center (photo Patrick L. Pyszka, City of Chicago) CHICAGO — ...

Jacob Lawrence, “Panel 3” (1940–41) (all images courtesy the Museum of Modern Art, New York) I am only one generation removed from the history of African American migrants who, between 1917 and 1970, ...

Original Title: Proportion of Negro to Total Population at the Twelfth Census 1900. Source: United States Bureau of the Census. - Frontispiece of Negroes in the United States (1904), Bulletin 8 of ...

When the meticulously renovated Michigan Central Station opened in June 2024, it was a time to marvel at the revived beauty of a landmark that had been decaying since its doors closed in 1988. It was ...