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Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

80 %|Oct 13, 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.

Featured Crew

Ric Burns
Director
Gretchen Sorin
Director
Emir Lewis
Editor
Margaret Munzer Loeb
Executive Producer
Emily Pfeil
Producer
Emir Lewis
Producer
Kathryn Clinard
Producer
Greg Sorin
Co-Producer

Cast

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Eric Avila
Self - Professor of History, UCLA
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Tamara Banks
Self - Journalist
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Herb Boyd
Self - “Black Detroit” Author
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Leah Chase
Self - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant
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Spencer Crew
Self - Smithsonian Interim Director
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Walter Edwards
Self - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance
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Lolis Eric Elie
Self - Writer
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Carolyn Finney
Self - Author
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Kathleen Franz
Self - Author
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Allyson Hobbs
Self - Professor of History, Stanford University
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Kenneth Jackson
Self - Professor of History and Social Sciences, Columbia University
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Jennifer Reut
Self - Architectural Historian
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Fath Ruffins
Self - Smithsonian Curator
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Thomas J. Sugrue
Self - Professor of History, NYU
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Candacy Taylor
Self - Author
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Christopher West
Self - Professor of History, Pasadena City College
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Craig Steven Wilder
Professor of History, MIT