Book — Non-fiction. By Mia Bay. 2021. From stagecoaches and trains to buses, cars, and planes, this book explores when, how, and why racial restrictions on transportation took shape and what it was like to live with them.
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Sarah Keys refused to give up her seat on a state-to-state charter bus, prompting the landmark court case, Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company.
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SCOTUS ruled against Jim Crow segregation on interstate commerce in Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia, leading to Journey of Reconciliation Freedom Rides.
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Irene Morgan refused to change her seat on a segregated bus in Virginia.
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African Americans in Richmond, Virginia organized protests against segregated streetcars.
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Charlotte Brown was forcibly removed from a horse-drawn streetcar in San Francisco.
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Schoolteacher Elizabeth Jennings Graham successfully challenged racist streetcar policies in New York City.
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