{"product_id":"9780674278622-traveling-black","title":"Traveling Black","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Story of Race and Resistance\u003cbr\u003eWhat was it like to travel while Black under Jim Crow? Mia Bay brings this dramatic history to life. With gripping stories and a close eye on the rail, bus, and airline operators who implemented segregation, she shows why access to unrestricted mobility has been central to the Black freedom struggle since Reconstruction and remains so today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Bancroft Prize\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the David J. Langum Prize\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Lillian Smith Book Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Order of the Coif Book Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the OAH Liberty Legacy Foundation Award\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Critics’ Top Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This extraordinary book is a powerful addition to the history of travel segregation…Mia Bay shows that Black mobility has always been a struggle.”\u003cbr\u003e—Ibram X. Kendi, author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Be an Antiracist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In Mia Bay’s superb history of mobility and resistance, the question of literal movement becomes a way to understand the civil rights movement writ large.”\u003cbr\u003e—Jennifer Szalai, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eTraveling Black\u003c\/i\u003e is well worth the fare. Indeed, it is certain to become the new standard on this important, and too often forgotten, history.”\u003cbr\u003e—Henry Louis Gates, Jr., author of \u003ci\u003eStony the Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003ePlessy v. Ferguson\u003c\/i\u003e to #DrivingWhileBlack, African Americans have fought to move freely around the United States. But why this focus on Black mobility? From stagecoaches and trains to buses, cars, and planes, \u003ci\u003eTraveling Black\u003c\/i\u003e explores when, how, and why racial restrictions took shape in America and brilliantly portrays what it was like to live with them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMia Bay rescues forgotten stories of passengers who made it home despite being insulted, stranded, re-routed, or ignored. She shows that Black travelers never stopped challenging these humiliations, documenting a sustained fight for redress that falls outside the traditional boundaries of the civil rights movement. A riveting, character-rich account of the rise and fall of racial segregation, it reveals just how central travel restrictions were to the creation of Jim Crow laws—and why free movement has been at the heart of the quest for racial justice ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40687135391841,"sku":"9780674278622","price":14.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41161979_fe981e94-1a5c-470a-9ad1-c7547e3721c1.jpg?v=1778128425","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780674278622-traveling-black","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}