CHICAGO — There’s a sense of pride for many Americans in our identity as a melting pot. But until the early part of the 20th Century, the United States was deeply segregated. That’s when millions in ...

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About 6 million Black people left the South in the Great Migration between 1910 and 1970. A four-part documentary from Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the Great Migration of the 20th century while also ...

Introduction: Kinship with the soil -- Part I. The migration years, 1915-1929. "Booker T." Washington Park and Chicago's racial landscapes ; Black Chicagoans in unexpected places -- Part II. The ...

Introduction -- Part I: Migration. Mexico and the United States ; Finding work ; People and patterns -- Part II: Community. Home and work ; Great and small ; Resistance -- Part III: Endurance. The ...

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