A Brooklyn Museum Exhibition Investigates the Legacy of the Great Migration

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Apr 5, 2023

A new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum explores the effects of the Great Migration on the sociopolitical makeup of the United States. The show is called, A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration, and is on display through June 25. Kimberli Gant, curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, joins us to talk about the exhibition alongside Joshua Guild, associate professor of history and African American studies at Princeton Univer.

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