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The phrase "driving while black" has been used in both the public and private discourse relating to the racial profiling of black motorists. [1] The term rose to prominence during the 1990s, when it was brought to public knowledge that American police officers were intentionally targeting racial minorities to curb the trafficking of drugs. [ 3 ]
An African American family with their new Oldsmobile in Washington, D.C., 1955. While automobiles made it much easier for black Americans to be independently mobile, the difficulties they faced in traveling were such that, as Lester Granger of the National Urban League put it, "so far as travel is concerned, Negroes are America's last pioneers". [16]
The Fort Worth Opera will present the regional premiere of the one-act opera, “dwb” (driving while black) at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16 and 17 at the Van Cliburn Concert Hall at Texas Christian ...
Traveling While Black is a Canadian-American coproduced virtual reality documentary film project, directed by Roger Ross Williams and released in 2019. [1] An examination of racism in the United States, the film is an immersive experience which places the viewer inside the context of African-American travellers seeking safety and security with the help of the Negro Motorist Green Book; [1 ...
PBS just released the official trailer for its upcoming documentary, Driving While Black: Race, Space, and Mobility in America. The ground-breaking, two-hour documentary film by acclaimed ...
The death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis prompted some reflection about some experiences I've gone through dealing with police. Here's my story. Driving while black is real ...
Stephen Reid (March 13, 1950 – June 12, 2018) was a Canadian criminal and writer, who was a member of the notorious Stopwatch Gang and was also convicted twice of bank robbery. Reid served time in over 20 prisons in Canada and the United States.
The Equalizer‘s Detective Marcus Dante had put off talking to his sons about how to handle themselves when dealing with the police, for two reasons. For starters, he wanted to maintain the ...