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2020 Documentary 1h 55m

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

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.

8.0 TMDB RATING
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Principal 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

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