Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

2020 • 1h 55m • ★ 8/10 • 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.

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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