Jim Crow Terminals: The Desegregation of American Airports

by Anke Ortlepp

Book Overview

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. It is essential to add airplanes and airports to this narrative, says Anke Ortlepp. Air travel stands at the center of the twentieth century's transportation revolution, and airports embodied the rapidly mobilizing, increasingly prosperous, and cosmopolitan...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820351210
• ISBN13: 9780820351216
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"