This cover image released by Liveright/W.W. Norton shows "Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights" by Gretchen Sorin. The book examines how the automobile opened the road to civil rights for blacks in the U.S. (Liveright/W.W. Norton via AP)FILE - In this June 25, 1966 file photo, civil rights icon James Meredith, left, watches "Meredith Marchers" file past his car to a rally in Canton, Miss. A new film "Driving While Black," airing the week of Oct. 12, 2020, on most PBS stations in the U.S., shows how the automobile liberated African Americans to move around the country while still navigating segregation and violence. (AP Photo, File)
This cover image released by Liveright/W.W. Norton shows "Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights" by Gretchen Sorin. The book examines how the automobile opened the road to civil rights for blacks in the U.S. (Liveright/W.W. Norton via AP)
