Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

20201h 55m8.0

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.

Language

English

Cast

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Eric Avila

Self - Professor of History, UCLA

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Tamara Banks

Self - Journalist

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Herb Boyd

Self - “Black Detroit” Author

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Leah Chase

Self - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant

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Spencer Crew

Self - Smithsonian Interim Director

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Walter Edwards

Self - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance

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Lolis Eric Elie

Self - Writer

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Carolyn Finney

Self - Author

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Kathleen Franz

Self - Author

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Allyson Hobbs

Self - Professor of History, Stanford University

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Kenneth Jackson

Self - Professor of History and Social Sciences, Columbia University

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Jennifer Reut

Self - Architectural Historian

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Fath Ruffins

Self - Smithsonian Curator

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Thomas J. Sugrue

Self - Professor of History, NYU

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Candacy Taylor

Self - Author

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Christopher West

Self - Professor of History, Pasadena City College

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Craig Steven Wilder

Professor of History, MIT