Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America wkar.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wkar.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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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. Read more
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 – Driving While Black 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 – told in large part through the stories of the men, women and children who lived through it.
History of African Americans on the Road: DRIVING WHILE BLACK February 19 at 9 pm woub.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from woub.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
State Parks agency lists Black History Month events
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Dwayne Ellis, of Bridge the Gap, hands Veronica Dantzler a tomato during the annual Juneteenth celebration at the African American Cultural Center of the Capital Region on Pearl Street in Albany in 2020. (Jim Franco/Special to the Times Union.)James FrancoShow MoreShow Less
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The state parks agency plans a series of virtual and in-person events in the coming days to celebrate Black History Month.
Virtual events
• John Jay Homestead State Historic Site: A Zoom lecture on the history of enslavement in the colonial-era family, starting at 7 p.m. Feb. 24. Registration available at johnjayhomestead.org
Now a staple mode of transportation for most families, the car also played an integral role in the civil rights movement and the search of true freedom for Black communities throughout the 20th century.
In honor of Black History Month, the Athens-Clarke County Library will host a virtual author visit with Gretchen Sorin at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 4, where she will discuss her book, âDriving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights.
Sorinâs book reveals how Black families evaded the dangers of a racist society by relying on travel guides, Black-only businesses and communication networks to keep them safe on the open road, according to a January 2021 ACC Library press release.