Driving while black: African American travel and the road to civil rights
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Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date:
©2020
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First edition
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English
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"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 always held distinct importance for African Americans, allowing black families to evade the many dangers presented by an entrenched racist society and to enjoy, in some measure, the freedom of the open road. Gretchen Sorin recovers a forgotten history of black motorists, and recounts their creation of a parallel, unseen world of travel guides, black only hotels, and informal communications networks that kept black drivers safe. At the heart of this story is Victor and Alma Green's famous Green Book, begun in 1936, which made possible that most basic American right, the family vacation, and encouraged a new method of resisting oppression. Enlivened by Sorin's personal history, Driving While Black opens an entirely new view onto the African American experience, and shows why travel was so central to the Civil Rights movement"--
Subjects
Subjects
African American automobile drivers
African American automobile drivers -- History -- 20th century
African Americans
African Americans -- Segregation -- History -- 20th century
African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century
African Americans -- Travel -- History -- 20th century
Automobile travel
Automobile travel -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Civil rights
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
History
Race relations
Segregation
Segregation in transportation
Segregation in transportation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Social conditions
Travel
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
African American automobile drivers -- History -- 20th century
African Americans
African Americans -- Segregation -- History -- 20th century
African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century
African Americans -- Travel -- History -- 20th century
Automobile travel
Automobile travel -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Civil rights
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
History
Race relations
Segregation
Segregation in transportation
Segregation in transportation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Social conditions
Travel
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
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9781631495694
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Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Segregation in transportation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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Segregation in transportation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
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Driving while black : African American travel and the road to civil rights
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African Americans
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Civil rights
History
Race relations
Segregation
Segregation in transportation
Social conditions
Travel
African Americans
Automobile travel
Civil rights
History
Race relations
Segregation
Segregation in transportation
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