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

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

80.00% | October 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

Gretchen Sorin
Director
Emir Lewis
Editor
Ric Burns
Director

Cast

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