

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
1 hour 55 minutes2020-10-13
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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

Eric Avila
Self - Professor of History, UCLA

Tamara Banks
Self - Journalist

Herb Boyd
Self - “Black Detroit” Author

Leah Chase
Self - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant

Spencer Crew
Self - Smithsonian Interim Director

Walter Edwards
Self - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance

Lolis Eric Elie
Self - Writer

Carolyn Finney
Self - Author

Kathleen Franz
Self - Author

Allyson Hobbs
Self - Professor of History, Stanford University

Kenneth Jackson
Self - Professor of History and Social Sciences, Columbia University

Jennifer Reut
Self - Architectural Historian

Fath Ruffins
Self - Smithsonian Curator

Thomas J. Sugrue
Self - Professor of History, NYU

Candacy Taylor
Self - Author

Christopher West
Self - Professor of History, Pasadena City College
