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Author:

Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan and Burns, Ric, author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Public Broadcasting Service,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

1 videodisc (120 min.): digital. 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
Burns, Ric
Pfeil, Emily
Lewis, Emir
Bennett, Steven
Clinard, Kathryn
Keane, Brian

Notes:

Companion to the book "Driving while black : African American travel and the road to civil rights" by Gretchen Sorin.

Summary:

Chronicling the history and personal experiences of African Americans on the road from the advent of the automobile through the seismic changes of the 1960s and beyond Driving While Black explores the background of a phrase rooted in realities that have been a part of the African American experience for hundreds of years told in part through the stories of the people who lived through it.

Indexed by:

LJ 11/01/2019.
PW 11/17/2019.
Kirkus 12/15/2019.

ISBN:

1531712517
9781531712518

Locations:

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)