Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)
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.
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in AmericaDocumentary
Cast
- Eric Avila — Self - Professor of History, UCLA
- Tamara Banks — Self - Journalist
- Herb Boyd — Self - “Black Detroit” Author
- Leah Chase — Self - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant
- Spencer Crew — Self - Smithsonian Interim Director
- Walter Edwards — Self - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance
- Lolis Eric Elie — Self - Writer
- Carolyn Finney — Self - Author
- Kathleen Franz — Self - Author
- Allyson Hobbs — Self - Professor of History, Stanford University
- Kenneth Jackson — Self - Professor of History and Social Sciences, Columbia University
- Jennifer Reut — Self - Architectural Historian
Where to watch Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla, WETA+
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