Jim Crow Terminals : The Desegregation of American Airports /

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Historical accounts of racial discrimination in transportation have focused until now on trains, buses, and streetcars and their respective depots, terminals, stops, and other public accommodations. It is essential to add airplanes and airports to this narrative, says Anke Ortlepp. Air travel stands...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ortlepp, Anke (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Segregation in transportation.
Discrimination in public accommodations.
Airports > Law and legislation.
Airports.
Air travel.
African Americans > Segregation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
TRANSPORTATION > Ships & Shipbuilding > Pictorial.
Noirs americains > Segregation.
Discrimination dans les lieux publics > États-Unis (Sud)
Segregation dans le transport > États-Unis (Sud)
Voyages en avion > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Airports > Law and legislation > United States.
Discrimination in public accommodations > Southern States.
Segregation in transportation > Southern States.
Air travel > United States > History > 20th century.
Airports > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
Southern States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The emergence of the Jim Crow airport
  • On location : direct action against airport segregation
  • In the courts : private litigation as a road to desegregation
  • Changing the law of the land : regulatory and statutory reform
  • Back in the courts : federal antisegregation lawsuits.

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