Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

Documentary 2020 · 1h 55m

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Discover how the advent of the automobile brought new mobility and freedom for African Americans but also exposed them to discrimination and deadly violence, and how that history resonates today.

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E Eric Avila Self - Professor of History, UCLA

T Tamara Banks Self - Journalist

H Herb Boyd Self - “Black Detroit” Author

L Leah Chase Self - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant

S Spencer Crew Self - Smithsonian Interim Director

W Walter Edwards Self - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance

L Lolis Eric Elie Self - Writer

C Carolyn Finney Self - Author

K Kathleen Franz Self - Author

A Allyson Hobbs Self - Professor of History, Stanford University

K Kenneth Jackson Self - Professor of History and Social Sciences, Columbia University

J Jennifer Reut Self - Architectural Historian

F Fath Ruffins Self - Smithsonian Curator

T Thomas J. Sugrue Self - Professor of History, NYU

C Candacy Taylor Self - Author

C Christopher West Self - Professor of History, Pasadena City College

C Craig Steven Wilder Professor of History, MIT

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

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