The car forced them to confront segregation and discrimination along such romanticized pathways, like Route 66 - an iconic highway that connected Chicago to Los Angeles that passed through Missouri, Texas, and New Mexico. While the car allowed African Americans to avoid segregated trains and buses throughout the American South, it also put them in danger while traveling through towns across the U.S. "Driving While Black," which airs this week on most PBS stations in the US, shows how the automobile liberated African Americans to move around the country while still navigating segregation and violence. A new film examines the history of African Americans driving on the road from the Great Depression to the height of the Civil Rights movement.
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