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Driving while Black. Part 1 /

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The automobile and the highway brought a promise of adventure, agency and self-expression to African Americans in particular. With powerful feelings, freighting hope and fraught of danger and anxiety, they resonate a still-relevant narrative of freedom, mobility, and race in America. Part One of the...

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Other Authors: Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan (Director), Burns, Ric (Director, Screenwriter), Pfeil, Emily (Producer), Lewis, Emir (Producer), Clinard, Kathryn (Producer), Bennett, Steven (Producer) (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Sausalito, CA : Ro*Co Films, 2020.
Subjects:
African Americans > Travel > History.
African American automobile drivers > History > 20th century.
Police brutality > United States > History.
Racism > United States > History.
African Americans > Segregation > History.
Roads > United States > Design and construction > History.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Brutalités policières > États-Unis > Histoire.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Noirs américains > Ségrégation > Histoire.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
African American automobile drivers
African Americans > Segregation
African Americans > Travel
Police brutality
Race relations
Racism
Roads > Design and construction
United States
1900-1999
Documentary television programs
History
Documentary television programs.
Documentaires télévisés.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:The automobile and the highway brought a promise of adventure, agency and self-expression to African Americans in particular. With powerful feelings, freighting hope and fraught of danger and anxiety, they resonate a still-relevant narrative of freedom, mobility, and race in America. Part One of the educational version of Driving While Black discusses the root of racism in America, the Civil War and Reconstruction, the Jim Crow Era, the Great Migration, the birth of the automobile, the myth of mobility in America and the dangers of road travel during segregation.
Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed September 16, 2022).
"Race, space and mobility in America".
Physical Description:1 online resource (57 minutes)
Playing Time:00:56:39