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Driving while Black : African American travel and the road to civil rights /

It's hardly a secret that mobility has always been limited, if not impossible, for African Americans. Before the Civil War, masters confined their slaves to their property, while free Black people found themselves regularly stopped, questioned, and even kidnapped. Restrictions on movement befor...

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Main Author: Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan, (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects and Genres:
1900-1999
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.
Noirs américains > Voyages > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Voyages en automobile > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Ségrégation dans le transport > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Ségrégation > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / United States / General.
African American automobile drivers.
African Americans > Segregation.
African Americans > Social conditions.
African Americans > Travel.
Automobile travel.
Civil rights.
Race relations.
Segregation in transportation.
Familienurlaub
Kraftfahrer
Kraftwagen
Schwarze
Tourismus
Automobile travel > United States.
Discrimination in transportation > United States.
Civil rights > United States.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
United States.
USA.
United States > Race relations.
History.
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Call Number: E 185.61 .S667 2020
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