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Great Migrations.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Finding Your Roots ; Season 12, Episode 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thomaz, Cameron Jibril,.
- Lathan, Sanaa,.
- Twenty-First Century (2001-).
- Race discrimination.
- Slavery.
- Hip-hop dance.
- Actors.
- African-Americans.
- History.
- United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Thomaz, Cameron Jibril,.
- Lathan, Sanaa,.
- Twenty-First Century (2001-).
- Race discrimination.
- Slavery.
- Hip-hop dance.
- Actors.
- African-Americans.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (53 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service, 2026.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces rapper Wiz Khalifa and actor Sanaa Lathan to ancestors who left the American South in search of new jobs and better lives in the North, boldly breaking racial barriers. Journeying into the depths of the Jim Crow era, Wiz and Sanaa reimagine themselves as they learn the heroic stories of the people who forever transformed their families.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed February 18, 2026).
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