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.

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  Gretchen Sorin
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  Ric Burns

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