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

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America 2020 Directed by Gretchen Sorin , Ric Burns

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.

Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Release Date 13 October 2020
115 mins
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
Lolis Eric Elie Self - Writer
Carolyn Finney Self - Author
Kathleen Franz Self - Author
Allyson Hobbs Self - Professor of History, Stanford University
Kenneth Jackson Self - Professor of History and Social Sciences, Columbia University
Jennifer Reut Self - Architectural Historian
Fath Ruffins Self - Smithsonian Curator
Thomas J. Sugrue Self - Professor of History, NYU
Candacy Taylor Self - Author
Christopher West Self - Professor of History, Pasadena City College
Craig Steven Wilder Professor of History, MIT