Great Migrations with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Full Episode 4 | PBS
Great Migrations with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Full Episode 4 | PBS
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Episode 4 of Great Migrations tells the story of African and Caribbean immigrants in the 20th and 21st centuries. It traces their journeys to the United States, the contributions they have made to the nation’s economy and culture, and how they have impacted what it means to be…
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Have my family got stories for many.
This magnificent series is a masterpeice for American history. And segment 4 in particular, filled in sone very important gaps. Together the black diaspora has strongly enriched Anerica.
This whole series was much needed. Thank you for such a wonderful production.
It's funny how they're now trying frame black Americans as immigrants. This is democrat brainwashing.
10:24!
Talk about rewriting history! They are showing the agents in front of your face. Great timing now that New York ain’t New York no more.😂
My father made the Great Migration from Charlotte NC to New York NY. So grateful for the rich history in NC and for the opportunity in NY. Many years later I made the reverse Migration and headed to Charlotte to attend college and live for a few years. Our story is one of struggle and victory. I love my people!❤👏🏾
Thanks PBS for another great series.. After the first Muslims in U.S i jumped on this one.👍👍
Wow they are running here and she is seating there. she want to marry african cause of their rich history – shirl you got a rich history too thats why he is here😅
Look at the women that run PBS now. Then look at all the cartoons. If you can’t see the blatant racism then you’re insane
I had respect for PBS. But this was an invasion to decimate the indigenous brown people here and still here. Shameful and sad to call it migration when millions of real Americans were killed more than any other race or religion including the Jews that continue to whine with all their riches. The real American languages were also decimated by Spanish and English.
Cicely Tyson could be part of this story too! 8:39
Black Americans blackness can never be redefined by those who immigrated. That statement is insulting and dimishes us. Black Americans have their own culture. We say it loud: I'm Black and I'm proud.
Glad to see my African American ancestors getting the credit they deserve! If it weren’t for our fight and continued fighting for us and those who look like us many would’ve been stripped of basic rights and the opportunity to immigrate to America. I pray our communities can address differences, take proper accountability for our actions towards each other and move forward ✊🏿 thanks pbs!
I'm here! Thank you for this untold history!
Black Americans 4000 patriots fought at Bunker Hill with the Samuel Adams. The government has a national park with the names black patriots buried on Bunker Hill.
Hattiesburg is another way of saying Haiti in Germanic origin.
Wonderful Example about migration starting over in a new world creating a family overcoming prejudice with in the land of abundance opportunity and great appreciation to the people who came before us
Thank you professor
44:44 its not that they TRY to make themselves distinct, they are distinct – they have different cultural backgrounds ; but yes to a white person they mostly will not know the difference but that doesnt mean immigrants should throw their culture in the trash. Also, they are aware of racism but still they can celebrate those distinctions because it's part of their identity and foundation.
I have no problem with telling the stories of African and Caribbean immigrants, but it shouldn't be called the Great Migration. That is specific to FOUNDATIONAL BLACK AMERICANS moving from the U.S. South to the North, to escape Jim Crow oppression. The (recent) immigration of Africans and Caribbeans to the U.S. should have its own name.
I still don't see black Americans marching in the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn. Why??????
Forever grateful to African Americans who have paved the way for the lives that my immigrant family currently lives. But let us not forget about the cultural and political contributions that African and Caribbean immigrants have also given to not only American culture as a whole but to the Black experience in America. It is the cultural exchange we have engaged in that makes this country run the way it does. Immigrants have also built this country!
Where is the Jamaican Hip Hop music today in Jamaica? How can you mix Black American records and say you bought hip hop from Jamaica?
So proud to be Caribbean American 🇭🇹
This is my story!!! My father's parents are from St. Thomas. My mothers parents are from North and South Carolina! And they all ended up in the Bronx!!!
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I’m a child of one of those Nigerian Immigrants and I’m proud to claim both parts of my cultural identity. I love series soooo much!
America is the True Old 🌎.Do your own Research. We are Indigenous Indians they changed on Census to Negros then changed to Afro American then Jesse J went to DC changed to African American. Now a Crayon Color Black. Ask yourself how to do genealogy pm your own 😮
The Dominican Republic abolished slavery in 1822, when the Spanish part of the island came under Haitian rule. The Dominican Republic became an independent country in 1844, and slavery remained prohibited.
As a Black immigrate from the Caribbean, I'm thankful that my family came here over 50 years ago. That migration has allowed us opportunities that we would've never be able to achieve. I don't take what we've accomplished lightly. We know without the Civil Right struggles that our AA brothers and sisters endured that wouldn't have been possible.
What a great series!! Thank you to all involved in sharing this really important part of history!!
Dr.Gates, this episode was wonderful. It made me cry again. I remember being a teenager when Amadou Dialo was killed a d remember how that galvanized all the black people in NYC.
Yeah, I need to tell the truth about black Americans. We are not the same as immigrants.
This is just explosive to my DNA right now! Born and raised in Newark, NJ now living in SC we learn so much about the stories from , since the 1900's, millions of our people West Africans & Caribbean in the South redefining what it is to be Black in America. that came through Ellis Island and abroad…. great stories. Loving the Island connections. Great Works!, blessings
wow, in school the books only talk about Europeans coming through Ellis island
In 1986, I found Malcolm x book inside a Park… From reading his book, I awaken to black history, and I am still learning….
I'm excited to watch this. My mother's Grandfather came here from Sims Long Island Bahamas in the early 1900's. Miami is a second home to Bahamian culture with strong roots in Coconut Grove.
The comments from Caribbeans' enjoying their history being distinguished from Black people is further proof that Black will not be redefined. The Africans and Caribbeans have never identified as Black. And they're quick to wave their flags when convenient. Everyone should be who they are.
Let’s be honest, a majority of today’s Caribbeans did not come during the first wave. No, most of them came here in the 80s and 90s.