Great Migrations: Screening and Community Conversation

Join the Artists Collective and Connecticut Public for a screening and community conversation of Henry Louis Gates Jr's newest docuseries, "Great Migrations: A People on The Move."

"A People on the Move" explores the transformative impact of Black migration on American culture and society. From the waves of Black Americans to the North—and back South—over the last century to the growing number of immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean today, the film shows how movement is a defining feature of the Black experience.

The screening will focus on Episode 4, Coming to America, which explores the influxes of African and Caribbean immigration during the 20th and at the turn of the 21st century. This episode looks at their journeys to and within this country, as well as how they’ve shaped what it means to be Black in America, in every chapter from their worldviews to the traditions they’ve brought with them, to the culture they’ve helped to create.

This community event is not only an opportunity to view Episode Four, but also to participate in a fireside chat with panelists discussing how Black migration has shaped our communities in the greater Hartford area.

Moderator:

Orice Jenkins, Executive Director of Música Franklin, recording artist, genealogist, educator, and author

Panelists:

Channon S. Miller, PhD, Assistant Professor of American Studies and History at Trinity College

Davarian Baldwin, PhD, Founding Director, Smart Cities Research Lab and Raether Distinguished Professor American Studies Program at Trinity College-Hartford

Fiona Vernal, PhD, Director of Engaged, Public, Oral, and Community Histories (EPOCH), Associate Director of the Africana Studies Institute (ASI) and Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies at the University of Connecticut.

Corporate support for GREAT MIGRATIONS: A PEOPLE ON THE MOVE is provided by Bank of America, Ford Motor Company and Johnson & Johnson. Major support is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Support is also provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Ford Foundation. Additional support was provided by the Inkwell Society together with many of its members, and by public television viewers.