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Great migrations. Episode 1, Exodus / a film by McGee Media and Inkwell Media ; directed by Julia Marchesi ; written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; producers, Kevin Burke, Kate McCormick.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Migrations--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Migration, Internal--United States--History--20th century.
- Migration, Internal.
- Great Migration, ca. 1914-ca. 1970.
- Rural-urban migration--United States--History--20th century.
- Rural-urban migration.
- United States--History--20th century.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (53 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Exodus
- Place of Publication:
- Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service, 2025.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Explore the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940), a collective leap into the unknown as more than a million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North. In the face of some of the country's worst racist violence, these migrants established thriving Black neighborhoods, wielded political power, and redefined American culture.
- Participant:
- Hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- Notes:
- "A people on the move".
- Originally released as a documentary television program in 2025.
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 01, 2025).
- OCLC:
- 1523326938
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