Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

8.0
1h 55m
2020
Documentary

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

Ric Burns

Director

Ric Burns

Gretchen Sorin

Director

Gretchen Sorin

Eric Avila

Eric Avila

Self - Professor of History, UCLA

Tamara Banks

Tamara Banks

Self - Journalist

Herb Boyd

Herb Boyd

Self - “Black Detroit” Author

Leah Chase

Leah Chase

Self - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant

Spencer Crew

Spencer Crew

Self - Smithsonian Interim Director

Walter Edwards

Walter Edwards

Self - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance

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