America at 250: How the Great Migration helped lay the foundation for the civil rights movement

As America turns 250 years old, CBS News Chicago is exploring Chicago's influence on the nation, including during the Great ...
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Preview - The History of Black Midwesterners Before the Great Migration

Black Midwestern communities existed before the Great Migration and shaped the region. Black communities existed in the Midwest long before the Great Migration. In this episode, Dr. Christy ...
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Artists’ Monuments to the Great Migration

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 — ...

When they came North: How Olivet Baptist Church welcomed Black migrants during the Great Migration

Heeding the clarion call from the Chicago Defender, the African-American newspaper that painted a picture of northern ...
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Black women’s influence in the church and community during the Great Migration

The “Black Church in Detroit” series examines the role of Black women during the Great Migration. American Black Journal’s "Black Church in Detroit" series looks at the influence Black women had in ...

How the Great Migration helped lay the foundation for the civil rights movement

Starting in 1916, more than 7 million Black Americans left the South, and Chicago became one of the primary destinations of ...