Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights

By Sorin, Gretchen

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9781631495694 9781631495700
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Liveright: Norton


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Reviewed on November 1, 2019  |  Social Sciences

The automobile fascinated 20th-century African Americans no less than others who grasped motoring as part of American identity. The automobile transformed African American life, expanding freedom of movement and opportunity and also supplying a notable weapon in the battle against segregation, argues Sorin (Cooperstown Graduate Program, SUNY). She situates cars in the history of black mobility from the antebellum era t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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