Traveling Black : a story of race and resistance /

"What was it like to travel while Black under Jim Crow? Mia Bay brings this dramatic history to life. With gripping stories and a close eye on the rail, bus, and airline operators who implemented segregation, she shows why access to unrestricted mobility has been central to the Black freedom st...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bay, Mia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021.
Temas:
African Americans > Segregation > History.
African Americans > Travel > History.
Segregation in transportation > United States > History.
Noirs américains > Ségrégation > Histoire.
Noirs américains > Voyages > Histoire.
Ségrégation dans le transport > États-Unis > Histoire.
HISTORY > African American .
HISTORY / African American
Segregation in transportation
African Americans > Travel
African Americans > Segregation
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The road to Plessy: race, class, and gender on nineteenth-century common carriers
  • Traveling by train: the Jim Crow car
  • Traveling by car: race on the road in the automotive age
  • Traveling by bus: from the Jim Crow car to the back of the bus
  • Traveling by plane: segregation in the age of aviation
  • Traveling for civil rights: the long fight to outlaw transportation segregation
  • Traveling for freedom: the desegregation of American transportation
  • Epilogue: #Black Travel Matters.

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