Thursday, February 23, 1 PM
For next week’s Watch & Wonder Highlight, we’re thrilled to feature the film Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America. After watching, dive deeper with resources about the realities Black Americans had to face during the Jim Crow era as they ventured to navigate the open roads of the United States on PBS LearningMedia.
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.
PBS LearningMedia
Movement and Mobility While Black | Driving While Black
Grades 9-12
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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