Title Driving while black : African American travel and the road to civil rights / Gretchen Sorin.

Publication Info.	New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2020]
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Edition	First edition.
Description	1 online resource (xviii, 332 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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."
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"-- Provided by publisher.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	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.
	HISTORY / United States / General.
	African American automobile drivers. (OCoLC)fst01736950
	African Americans -- Segregation. (OCoLC)fst00799695
	African Americans -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00799698
	African Americans -- Travel. (OCoLC)fst00799716
	Automobile travel. (OCoLC)fst00823217
	Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00862627
	Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
	Segregation in transportation. (OCoLC)fst01111234
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan. Driving while black. First edition. New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2020] 9781631495694 (DLC) 2019036574 (OCoLC)1102468064
ISBN	9781631495700 (electronic book)
	1631495704 (electronic book)
	9781631495694
	1631495690

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