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Driving while black African American travel and the road to civil rights

"How the automobile fundamentally changed African American life-the true history beyond the Best Picture-winning movie. The ultimate symbol of independence and possibility, the automobile has shaped this country from the moment the first Model T rolled off Henry Ford's assembly line. Yet cars have a...

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Main Author: Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
African Americans > Travel > History > 20th century.
African American automobile drivers > History > 20th century.
Automobile travel > United States > History > 20th century.
Segregation in transportation > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Segregation > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Social conditions > 20th century.
Civil rights > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • The journey
  • "Humiliation stalks them"
  • African Americans and the automobile
  • "Through the windshield"
  • Driving while black
  • Travel guides for everyone
  • Victor and Alma Green's The Negro motorist green book
  • "Where will you stay tonight?"
  • "Vacation without aggravation."

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