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Great Migrations: A People on the Move | February 2025

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Great Migrations: A People on the Move | February 2025

Great Migrations: A People on the Move examines the powerful influence of Black migration on American culture and society. While the first large migration was a forced journey from Africa in bondage, voluntary migrations in the 20th and 21st centuries have significantly reshaped the nation. This series explores the first and second waves of the Great Migration from the South to the North during the two World Wars, the “New Great Migration” of African Americans returning home to the South of their ancestors since the 1970s, and the “Next Great Migration” marked by the historic and growing influx of African and Caribbean immigration in the 20th and 21st centuries. The film powerfully demonstrates that movement is a defining feature of the Black American experience. Throughout Great Migrations, Dr. Henry Louis Gates interviews dozens of journalists, scholars, professors, and experts.

[Great Migrations has 4 episodes]

Great Migrations #101
Exodus
Tuesday, January 28, 8pm

Explore the first wave of the Great Migration, when more than a million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 01/28/2025 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 01/29/2025 @ 12:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 01/30/2025 @ 3:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 02/01/2025 @ 7:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 02/01/2025 @ 11:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 02/05/2025 @ 4:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 02/05/2025 @ 10:00 AM
WTVP SpotsGreat Migrations: A People on the Move |Trailer
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Great Migrations explores how a series of Black migrations have shaped the U.S.

WTVP SpotsGreat Migrations: A People on the Move | Streets Paved in Gold |Trailer
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Learn about the second wave of the Great Migration (1940-1970).

Great Migrations #102
Streets Paved in Gold
Tuesday, February 4, 8pm

Learn about the second wave of the Great Migration when Northern and Western Black communities matured through migration and transformed the cultural and political power of Black America.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 02/04/2025 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 02/05/2025 @ 12:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 02/06/2025 @ 3:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 02/08/2025 @ 7:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 02/08/2025 @ 11:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 02/12/2025 @ 4:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 02/12/2025 @ 10:00 AM

Great Migrations #103
One Way Ticket Back
Tuesday, February 11, 8pm

Explore how the reverse migration of Black Americans to the South—driven by mass movements, economic change, and an ongoing struggle for freedom—continued to reshape the country.

 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 02/11/2025 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 02/12/2025 @ 12:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 02/13/2025 @ 3:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 02/15/2025 @ 7:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 02/15/2025 @ 11:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 02/19/2025 @ 4:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 02/19/2025 @ 10:00 AM
WTVP SpotsGreat Migrations: A People on the Move | One Way Ticket Back |Trailer
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Explore how reverse migration of Black Americans to the South continued to reshape the country.

WTVP SpotsGreat Migrations: A People on the Move | Coming to America |Trailer
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Hear the story of African and Caribbean immigrants in the United States.

Great Migrations #104
Coming to America
Tuesday, February 18, 8pm

Hear the story of African and Caribbean immigrants in the United States and examine their profound impact on American culture and what it means to be Black in America.

 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 02/18/2025 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 02/19/2025 @ 12:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 02/20/2025 @ 3:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 02/22/2025 @ 7:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 02/22/2025 @ 11:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 02/26/2025 @ 4:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 02/26/2025 @ 10:00 AM