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Driving while Black. Part 2 /

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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 Two celebr...

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Other Authors: Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan (Director, Screenwriter), 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 > 20th century.
African American automobile drivers > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > United States.
African Americans > Segregation > History > 20th century.
Roads > United States > Design and construction > History > 20th century.
Racism > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis.
Noirs américains > Ségrégation > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
African American automobile drivers
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans > Segregation
African Americans > Travel
Civil rights movements
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 Two celebrates Black entrepreneurship, introduces The Green Book, highway construction and its impact, the cruel reality of 'driving while Black' in contemporary society and the ongoing struggle for Civil Rights in America.
Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed September 16, 2022).
"Race, space and mobility in America".
Physical Description:1 online resource (70 minutes)
Playing Time:01:09:04