Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

80% | Oct 13, 2020 | Documentary

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.

Featured Cast

Gretchen Sorin
Director
Emir Lewis
Editor

Cast

Self - Professor of History, UCLA
Eric Avila
Self - Professor of History, UCLA
Self - Journalist
Tamara Banks
Self - Journalist
Self -  “Black Detroit” Author
Herb Boyd
Self - “Black Detroit” Author
Self - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant
Leah Chase
Self - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant
Self - Smithsonian Interim Director
Spencer Crew
Self - Smithsonian Interim Director

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