MOVIE
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
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.
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Creators
Ric Burns — Director · Gretchen Sorin — Director
Top cast
EEric AvilaSelf - Professor of History, UCLATTamara BanksSelf - JournalistHHerb BoydSelf - “Black Detroit” AuthorLLeah ChaseSelf - Owner, Dooky Chase RestaurantSSpencer CrewSelf - Smithsonian Interim DirectorWWalter EdwardsSelf - Chairman, Harlem Business AllianceLLolis Eric ElieSelf - WriterCCarolyn FinneySelf - AuthorKKathleen FranzSelf - AuthorAAllyson HobbsSelf - Professor of History, Stanford University
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