Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

Gretchen Sorin
2020-10-13


8
115 min

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.

Cast

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