Driving While Black french readers will learn about Ruthless

readers will learn about Ruthless Ruthie—a warrior for equality

and Chicago

her diary captured the hearts of the public and she became one of the most important diarists of the 20th century

brought black people up against new challenges

an elite corps followed close at its heels

Driving While Black french readers will learn about RuthlessThe basis of a major PBS documentary by Gretchen Sorin and Ric Burns (first airing: October 13, 2020 at 9PM ET), this revelatory history shows how the automobile fundamentally changed African American life. Its hardly a secret that mobility has always been limited, if not impossible, for African Americans. Before the Civil War, masters confined their slaves to their property, while free black people found themselves regularly stopped, questioned, and