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Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

8

115 minutes

10/13/2020

Overview

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.

Cast List

  • Eric Avila Picture

    Eric Avila

    as Self - Professor of History, UCLA

  • Tamara Banks Picture

    Tamara Banks

    as Self - Journalist

  • Herb Boyd Picture

    Herb Boyd

    as Self - “Black Detroit” Author

  • Leah Chase Picture

    Leah Chase

    as Self - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant

  • Spencer Crew Picture

    Spencer Crew

    as Self - Smithsonian Interim Director

  • Walter Edwards Picture

    Walter Edwards

    as Self - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance

  • Lolis Eric Elie Picture

    Lolis Eric Elie

    as Self - Writer

  • Carolyn Finney Picture

    Carolyn Finney

    as Self - Author

  • Kathleen Franz Picture

    Kathleen Franz

    as Self - Author

  • Allyson Hobbs Picture

    Allyson Hobbs

    as Self - Professor of History, Stanford University

  • Kenneth Jackson Picture

    Kenneth Jackson

    as Self - Professor of History and Social Sciences, Columbia University

  • Jennifer Reut Picture

    Jennifer Reut

    as Self - Architectural Historian

  • Fath Ruffins Picture

    Fath Ruffins

    as Self - Smithsonian Curator

  • Thomas J. Sugrue Picture

    Thomas J. Sugrue

    as Self - Professor of History, NYU

  • Candacy Taylor Picture

    Candacy Taylor

    as Self - Author

  • Christopher West Picture

    Christopher West

    as Self - Professor of History, Pasadena City College

  • Craig Steven Wilder Picture

    Craig Steven Wilder

    as Professor of History, MIT