Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

Documentary

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

115 minutes
10/13/2020
8.0

Overview

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
Eric AvilaSelf - Professor of History, UCLA
Tamara Banks
Tamara BanksSelf - Journalist
Herb Boyd
Herb BoydSelf - “Black Detroit” Author
Leah Chase
Leah ChaseSelf - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant
Spencer Crew
Spencer CrewSelf - Smithsonian Interim Director
Walter Edwards
Walter EdwardsSelf - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance
Lolis Eric Elie
Lolis Eric ElieSelf - Writer
Carolyn Finney
Carolyn FinneySelf - Author
Kathleen Franz
Kathleen FranzSelf - Author
Allyson Hobbs
Allyson HobbsSelf - Professor of History, Stanford University
Kenneth Jackson
Kenneth JacksonSelf - Professor of History and Social Sciences, Columbia University
Jennifer Reut
Jennifer ReutSelf - Architectural Historian
Fath Ruffins
Fath RuffinsSelf - Smithsonian Curator
Thomas J. Sugrue
Thomas J. SugrueSelf - Professor of History, NYU
Candacy Taylor
Candacy TaylorSelf - Author
Christopher West
Christopher WestSelf - Professor of History, Pasadena City College
Craig Steven Wilder
Craig Steven WilderProfessor of History, MIT