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Traveling Black : a story of race and resistance /

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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 struggle...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bay, Mia (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
African Americans > Segregation > History.
African Americans > Travel > History.
Segregation in transportation > United States > History.
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Summary: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 struggle since Reconstruction and remains so today.
Physical Description:391 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674979963
0674979966