Jim Crow Terminals: The Desegregation of American Airports (Politics and Culture in the Twentieth-Century South Ser.)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.65 (667 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0820351210 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 222 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Historical accounts of racial discrimination in transportation have focused until now on trains, buses, and streetcars and their respective depots, terminals, stops, and other public accommodations. When segregationists inscribed local definitions of whiteness and blackness onto sites of interstate and even international transit, they not only brought the incongruities of racial separation into sharp relief but also obligated the federal government to intervene.Ortlepp looks at African American passengers; civil rights organizations; the federal government and judiciary; and airport planners, architects, and managers as actors in shaping
Her books include Germans and African Americans: Two Centuries of Exchange, coedited with Larry A. . Greene. ANKE ORTLEPP is a professor of British and American history at the University of Kassel
A must read I have read about racial issues, civil rights news but never once did I ever think about racial issues in the airports. This book was an eye-opener. I commend those who stood up for their beliefs. This is a well written work on a segregated restrooms, restaurants, etc in the airports. The information on the court cases was very well informed. To also include instances of things that happened to Martin Luther King, Jr and Sidney Poitier just to name a
Her books include Germans and African Americans: Two Centuries of Exchange, coedited with Larry A. About the Author ANKE ORTLEPP is a professor of British and American history at the University of Kassel. Greene.