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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

2020· 1h 55m

Documentary

Directed by Ric Burns, Gretchen Sorin

8.0/ 10

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Where to watch

PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel

PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel

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

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

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