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Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

Ric Burns

2020 • 1h 55m

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.

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

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Cast

Eric AvilaSelf - Professor of History, UCLA

Tamara BanksSelf - Journalist

Herb BoydSelf - “Black Detroit” Author

Leah ChaseSelf - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant

Spencer CrewSelf - Smithsonian Interim Director

Walter EdwardsSelf - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance

Lolis Eric ElieSelf - Writer

Carolyn FinneySelf - Author

Kathleen FranzSelf - Author

Allyson HobbsSelf - Professor of History, Stanford University

Kenneth JacksonSelf - Professor of History and Social Sciences, Columbia University

Jennifer ReutSelf - Architectural Historian

Fath RuffinsSelf - Smithsonian Curator

Thomas J. SugrueSelf - Professor of History, NYU

Candacy TaylorSelf - Author

Crew

Ric Burns

Ric BurnsDirector

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