The Great Migration Video Project

Great Migration Video Project

Untold Stories committee member Benny Smith, Jr., owner The Suite 703, is conducting interviews for a special Untold Stories video production on the Great Migration to Decatur. The Great Migration was one of the largest movements of people in United States history. Approximately six million Black people moved from the American South to Northern, Midwestern, and Western states roughly from the 1910s until the 1970s.

Please contact Benny at b.smith@thesuite704.com if you were part of the Great Migration, or had relatives who were, and would like to be interviewed to share your families history.

The video will debut at the 2025 Juneteenth Celebration at the Devon.