Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights

Driving While Black

Date

Time

7:00 pm

Location

Join us via Zoom!

Cost

Free - Suggested donation of $10

Professor Gretchen Sorin, Director and Distinguished Professor of the Cooperstown Graduate Program, is an expert in developing exhibitions that address issues of social justice. Her 2020 book, Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights, which also inspired a PBS documentary, explores how the car provided a new mobility for African Americans but also brought about new challenges and dangers. Professor Sorin will speak on her work and the complex history of Black motorists – from the Green Book to unwarranted traffic stops and racial violence.

Professor Sorin's book is available for purchase at the Lake Forest Bookstore and online.