Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

Synopsis

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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Key crew

• Ric BurnsDirector
• Gretchen SorinDirector

Cast

• Eric AvilaSelf - Professor of History, UCLA
• Tamara BanksSelf - Journalist
• Herb BoydSelf - “Black Detroit” Author
• Leah ChaseSelf - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant
• Spencer CrewSelf - Smithsonian Interim Director
• Walter EdwardsSelf - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance
• Lolis Eric ElieSelf - Writer
• Carolyn FinneySelf - Author
• Kathleen FranzSelf - Author
• Allyson HobbsSelf - Professor of History, Stanford University
• Kenneth JacksonSelf - Professor of History and Social Sciences, Columbia University
• Jennifer ReutSelf - Architectural Historian

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