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Title:

Driving while black : race, space and mobility in America / director, Ric Burns, Gretchen Sorin.

Publisher:

PBS Distribution,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

African Americans--History--History--20th century.
African American automobile drivers--History--20th century.
Automobile travel--United States--History--20th century.
Segregation in transportation--United States--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--History--20th century.
African Americans--Social conditions--20th century.
Civil rights--United States--History--20th century.
United States--History--History--20th century.

Other Authors:

Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan, film director.
Burns, Ric, film director.
PBS Distribution (Firm), publisher.

Notes:

Title from web page. Originally released as a documentary in 2020. Wide screen.

Summary:

Chronicling the riveting history and personal experiences, at once liberating and challenging, harrowing and inspiring, deeply revealing and profoundly transforming, of African Americans on the road from the advent of the automobile through the seismic changes of the 1960s and beyond, it explores the deep background of a recent phrase rooted in realities that have been an indelible part of the African American experience for hundreds of years.

ISBN:

1531712517
9781531712518

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1223972086

UPC:

841887044264

Locations:

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FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

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SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

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PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)