Discover how the advent of the automobile brought new mobility and freedom for African Americans but also exposed them to discrimination and deadly violence, and how that history resonates today.
Eric Avila
as Self - Professor of History, UCLA
Tamara Banks
as Self - Journalist
Herb Boyd
as Self - “Black Detroit” Author
Leah Chase
as Self - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant
Spencer Crew
as Self - Smithsonian Interim Director
Walter Edwards
as Self - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance
Lolis Eric Elie
as Self - Writer
Carolyn Finney
as Self - Author
Kathleen Franz
as Self - Author
Allyson Hobbs
as Self - Professor of History, Stanford University
Kenneth Jackson
as Self - Professor of History and Social Sciences, Columbia University
Jennifer Reut
as Self - Architectural Historian