Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

10/13/2020

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1hr 55min

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Documentary

STORY

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 & CREW

Cast

Eric Avila
Tamara Banks
Herb Boyd
Leah Chase
Spencer Crew

Directors

Ric Burns
Gretchen Sorin

INFORMATION

Production Companies

Artemis Rising
JustFilms / Ford Foundation

Production Countries

LANGUAGES

English

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

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

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