Cars for Freedom: SNCC and the Sojourner Motor Fleet
On a late summer night in 1964, a small plane landed on a desolate airstrip outside Greenwood, Mississippi, carrying two
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African American Women on the American Railroad
Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad by Miriam Thaggert examines African American women’s engagement with the railroad
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Black Roots Tourism in Brazil
Patricia de Santana Pinho’s Mapping Diaspora: African American Roots Tourism in Brazil is a compelling ethnography that explores the journeys
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The Pursuit of Happiness: A New Book on Black Women’s Travels Abroad
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Black Mobility, Law, and Freedom
In 1849, an unnamed Missouri slave owner took a male slave to California to search for gold. Two years later,
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