{"product_id":"traveling-black-a-story-of-race-and-resistance-9780674278622","title":"Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Bancroft Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the David J. Langum Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the OAH Liberty Legacy Foundation Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belknap Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674278622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400","brand":"Mia Bay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42506272211125,"sku":"9780674278622","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fbe5fb49-c359-4362-bcbf-446a6dfc42f0.jpg?v=1668527540","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/traveling-black-a-story-of-race-and-resistance-9780674278622","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}