Driving while black :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
xviii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Production / Publication Information
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2020]
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"--
Call Number
323.1196 SOR
Publication Date
2020
Language
English
ISBN
9781631495694 9781631498695
Driving while black. DVD/Widescreen :
Format:
DVD
System details note
DVD, 16 x 9 wide screen; NTSC, region 1; 5.1 surround.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition
DVD ; Widescreen.
Production / Publication Information
Arlington, VA : PBS Distribution, [2021]
Summary
Chronicling the riveting history and personal experiences, at once liberating and challenging, harrowing and inspiring, deeply revealing and profoundly transforming, of African Americans on the road from the advent of the automobile through the seismic changes of the 1960s and beyond, it explores the deep background of a recent phrase rooted in realities that have been an indelible part of the African American experience for hundreds of years.
Call Number
DVD 323.1196 DRI
Publication Date
2020-2021
Language
English
ISBN
9781531712518
UPC
841887044264
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