Mobility

Mobility is the ability to move, specifically, the ability to move freely and easily. Throughout American history, Black people have had to seize the power of movement especially when white racism attempted to control and restrict it. African Americans leveraged the multiple meanings and varied uses of movement, including travel, immigration and emigration, transportation, and bodily expression to exercise their liberation.
"IAAM collection ,Thomas photographers ,2024"
Although travel is most often considered a privilege, for tourists, expatriates, and repatriates, it is a necessary escape from oppression and a means of connecting to ancestral homelands and other places around the world. Winning victories to secure equal access to different modes of transportation enabled African Americans to move around by land, sea, and air. These different modes of transportation made the world smaller and continue to draw people closer together. Exemplifying personal autonomy, various forms of dance, athletics, and other types of kinetic performances embody the essence of emancipation.
"IAAM collection, Thomas photographers, 2024"
"IAAM collection, Thomas photographers, 2024"
"IAAM collection, Thomas photographers ,2024"
“Movement” need not be physical; it also names the actions of a group of people committed to advancing their political, social, or cultural vision. Therefore, African Americans have also navigated the inability or unwillingness to move, from disabled activists who work at the intersection of disability struggles and Black liberation to African Americans committed to improving their environments instead of fleeing.