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Summary:

"Driving While Black demonstrates that the car - the ultimate symbol of independence and possibility - has always held particular importance for African Americans, allowing Black families to evade the dangers presented by an entrenched racist society and to enjoy, in some measure, the freedom of the open road. Melding new archival research with her family's story, Gretchen Sorin recovers a lost history, demonstrating how, when combined with Black travel guides - including the famous Green Book - the automobile encouraged a new way of resisting oppression"-- [Provided by publisher]

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."

Author/Creator:

Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Driving while Black: African American travel and the road to civil rights [by Sorin, G.S.]

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

1900-1999

African Americans

African American automobile drivers

Automobile travel

Segregation in transportation

African Americans — Segregation

African Americans — Social conditions

Civil rights

Race relations

African Americans — Travel

United States

Genres:

History

General Notes:

"First published as a Liveright paperback 2021"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-318) and index.

Creator Demographics:

University and college faculty members
New Yorkers (New York State)
Women

Physical Description:

xviii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Physical Characteristics:

illustration

Call Numbers:

E185.61 .S667 2021

ISBNs:

9781631498695 (paperback)
163149869X (paperback)

OCLC Numbers:

1230144703