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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan.     Subjects     Blacks -- United States -- Travel -- History -- 20th century.     Automobile drivers, Black -- History -- 20th century.     Automobile travel -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Segregation in transportation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Blacks -- United States -- Segregation -- History -- 20th century.     Blacks -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.     Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan.       by title:      Driving while black ...       by call number:      323.1196 S714d     Search the Web     Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan.     Blacks -- United States -- Travel -- History -- 20th century.     Automobile drivers, Black -- History -- 20th century.     Automobile travel -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Segregation in transportation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Blacks -- United States -- Segregation -- History -- 20th century.     Blacks -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.     Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.       MARC Display

Driving while black : African American travel and the road to civil rights / Gretchen Sorin. by Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan. Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2020. Call #: 323.1196 S714d Subjects Blacks -- United States -- Travel -- History -- 20th century.   Automobile drivers, Black -- History -- 20th century.   Automobile travel -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Segregation in transportation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Blacks -- United States -- Segregation -- History -- 20th century.   Blacks -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.   Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9781631495694 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xviii, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "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."--From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Black Nonfiction 323.1196 S714d Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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