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North to New York: The Great Migration in NY's Capital Region | Preview
Preview: Special | 1m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
North To New York shares stories of the Great Migration to NY's Capital Region.
North To New York shares stories of the Great Migration to NY's Capital Region as families moved from the Jim Crow South to the Capitol Region searching for opportunity, freedom and a new home.
WMHT Specials is a local public television program presented by WMHT
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WMHT Specials
North to New York: The Great Migration in NY's Capital Region | Preview
Preview: Special | 1m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
North To New York shares stories of the Great Migration to NY's Capital Region as families moved from the Jim Crow South to the Capitol Region searching for opportunity, freedom and a new home.
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My dad told me... Had he stayed in Mississippi, he would have been killed because he had made up his mind that he was not going to work all of his life.
All white men.
we had, the hanging bridge.
Where, at my home, Shubuta, the hanging bridge I should say blacks over hang over.
The young black man.
Black boys And the people were basically like slaves.
They were.
It was as if they were harmed by people and they had no real rights.
there's a mass outpouring of African-Americans from southern states who leave the South and go to the North, and the West They decided we're not going to take this anymore.
We're going to seek out a better life, and we're going to seek a better life for not only for ourselves, but for our families.
I just looked at the future.
What am I going to do?
And then once I had children, I knew it was time to get away from there.
WMHT Specials is a local public television program presented by WMHT
Support provided by The Community Foundation and WNET.