Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

1h 55m

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.

Episodes

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America - 1h 55m

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.

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Trailer

Trailer - 30s

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.
Extended Trailer

Extended Trailer - 2m 21s

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.

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Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

Thursday
Apr 22

3:00 pm

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2 Hours

The automobile brings new freedoms as well as perils to Blacks on the road from the 1930s to the late 1960s.

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