Preview - The history of Black Midwesterners before the Great Migration
Preview: Season 4 Episode 1 | 30s
Black Midwestern communities existed before the Great Migration and shaped the region.
Black communities existed in the Midwest long before the Great Migration. In this episode, Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara outlines how early Black residents shaped the region through labor, land ownership and community building — despite legal contradictions and cultural resistance to their presence.
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Why Race Matters is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin
Funding for Why Race Matters is provided by Park Bank, UnityPoint Health - Meriter, UW Health, donors to the Focus Fund for Wisconsin Programs, and Friends of PBS Wisconsin.
Preview - The history of Black Midwesterners before the Great Migration
Preview: Season 4 Episode 1 | 30s
Black communities existed in the Midwest long before the Great Migration. In this episode, Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara outlines how early Black residents shaped the region through labor, land ownership and community building — despite legal contradictions and cultural resistance to their presence.
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Why Race Matters is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin
Funding for Why Race Matters is provided by Park Bank, UnityPoint Health - Meriter, UW Health, donors to the Focus Fund for Wisconsin Programs, and Friends of PBS Wisconsin.