Movement and Mobility While Black | Driving While Black

PBS Learning Media
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Classroom Material
Keywords
Black Americans driving highway travel mobility Jim Crow Green Book car vacation Civil Rights Bill 1964 Black-owned businesses Alvin Hall Allyson Hobbes Kathleen Franz Kenneth Jackson Thomas Sugrue Fath Ruffins Gretchen Sorin Lois Elie Candacy Taylor Leah Chase Walter Edwards Jennifer Reut Earl Hutchinson Sr. Herb Boyd Driving While Black African Americans Black middle class Progressive Era Automobile Era Civil Rights Act segregation Civil Rights automobile travel
Subjects
English-Language Arts History-Social Science
Grade Levels
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
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Movement and Mobility While Black | Driving While Black

Explore the gamut of decisions that Black Americans had to make as they ventured to navigate the open roads of the United States in these video excerpts from the award-winning documentary, Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America. Learn how driving took on a decidedly different meaning for Black American drivers desiring freedom and humanity during the Jim Crow era.
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PBS Learning Media

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