ARTICLE & DOC: In Russia, Early African American Migrants found the Good Life

[Ryan Goble]

Cool historical footnote. Communist Russia was a major upgrade from the states for these migrants.

"They have become footnotes to African American and Russian history, said Yelena Demikovsky, a New York-based Russian film director and researcher who is making a movie, "Black Russians — The Red Experience," about the immigrants to the Soviet Union and their descendants."

Read the article HERE and get more info on the documentary in progress at http://www.redpalettepictures.com/film-Black-Russians.htm