The Resource Driving while black : African American travel and the road to civil rights, Gretchen Sorin
Driving while black : African American travel and the road to civil rights, Gretchen Sorin
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The item Driving while black : African American travel and the road to civil rights, Gretchen Sorin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- "How the automobile fundamentally changed African American life-the true history beyond the Best Picture-winning movie. 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 332 pages
- Contents
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- 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."
- Isbn
- 9781631495694
- Label
- Driving while black : African American travel and the road to civil rights
- Title
- Driving while black
- Title remainder
- African American travel and the road to civil rights
- Statement of responsibility
- Gretchen Sorin
- Subject
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- 1900-1999
- African American automobile drivers
- African American automobile drivers -- History -- 20th century
- trueAfrican Americans
- African Americans -- Segregation
- African Americans -- Segregation
- African Americans -- Segregation | History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Social conditions
- African Americans -- Social conditions
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Travel
- African Americans -- Travel | History -- 20th century
- Automobile travel
- trueAutomobile travel
- trueAutomobile travel -- History
- Automobile travel -- United States -- History
- Automobile travel -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- trueCivil Rights Movement
- Civil rights
- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- HISTORY / United States / General
- History
- Race relations
- trueSegregation
- trueSegregation in transportation
- Segregation in transportation
- Segregation in transportation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- trueSocial change
- trueSocial mobility
- trueTourism
- trueTransportation, Automotive
- United States
- trueUnited States -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "How the automobile fundamentally changed African American life-the true history beyond the Best Picture-winning movie. 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"--
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- Provided by publisher
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- 10844337
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan
- Dewey number
- 323.1196/073
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E185.61
- LC item number
- .S667 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- African Americans
- African American automobile drivers
- Automobile travel
- Segregation in transportation
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Civil rights
- United States
- HISTORY / United States / General
- African American automobile drivers
- African Americans
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Automobile travel
- Civil rights
- Race relations
- Segregation in transportation
- United States
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- African American travel and the road to civil rights
- Label
- Driving while black : African American travel and the road to civil rights, Gretchen Sorin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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."
- Control code
- on1102468064
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 332 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631495694
- Lccn
- 2019036574
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1102468064
- Label
- Driving while black : African American travel and the road to civil rights, Gretchen Sorin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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."
- Control code
- on1102468064
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 332 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631495694
- Lccn
- 2019036574
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1102468064
Subject
- 1900-1999
- African American automobile drivers
- African American automobile drivers -- History -- 20th century
- trueAfrican Americans
- African Americans -- Segregation
- African Americans -- Segregation
- African Americans -- Segregation | History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Social conditions
- African Americans -- Social conditions
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Travel
- African Americans -- Travel | History -- 20th century
- Automobile travel
- trueAutomobile travel
- trueAutomobile travel -- History
- Automobile travel -- United States -- History
- Automobile travel -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- trueCivil Rights Movement
- Civil rights
- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- HISTORY / United States / General
- History
- Race relations
- trueSegregation
- trueSegregation in transportation
- Segregation in transportation
- Segregation in transportation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- trueSocial change
- trueSocial mobility
- trueTourism
- trueTransportation, Automotive
- United States
- trueUnited States -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
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