The Great Migration in Hartford

Join Dr. Channon Miller of Trinity College as she discusses the impact of the early 20th-century migration of Black Americans from the South to Northern cities. The Great Migration is a story of Black waymaking in America. In this talk with Dr. Miller, the North End of Hartford’s place in this national mosaic comes to life with its accounting of how Black people in the area moved towards freedom and possibility on a terrain of struggle. This program was developed as a companion to the Making History, Making Change Lecture Series, organized by Smithsonian Affiliations.

Questions? Contact Natalie Belanger, Public Programs Manager, at nbelanger@connecticutmuseum.org.

This program is free to attend! Stop by early early to view our special exhibition, Drawn Here: Stories from Hartford’s North End. 

About Our Speaker:  Channon S. Miller, PhD, Assistant Professor of American Studies and History at Trinity College, is a Hartford-raised, interdisciplinary scholar. She is a chronicler and storyteller of the city that raised her, and in particular Black women’s histories of resistance. Miller is currently completing her first manuscript, Diasporic Homeplaces (under contract with Columbia University Press).

This event was rescheduled from February 26.