Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

October 13, 2020115 min8.0EN
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.

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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