Segregated Travel in Jim Crow America
As the US economy began to boom after World War II, so did the demand for alternate means of transportation. While personal car usage rose and the highway system was created, many Black people relied heavily on public transit as their primary mode of transportation day-to-day.
Jim Crow’s separate but equal not only impacted restaurants and schools, but it also led to the segregation of travel on buses. Black patrons in Winston Salem, North Carolina, frustrated with limited routes, took matters into their own hands. From jitney’s organizing, to the creation of the Safe Bus Company, Black patrons began to implement multiple options on their journey to safe travel.
In this episode of Black History In Two Minutes or So hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. — with additional commentary from Daina Berry of The University of Texas, Imani Perry of Princeton University and Hasan Jeffries of Ohio State University, we look at how Black people organized safer travel during a time of segregation.
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Archival Materials Courtesy of:
• Burk Uzzle
• Getty Images
Additional Archival by:
• North Carolina Collection
• Winston-Salem Transit Authority
Executive Producers:
• Robert F. Smith
• Henry Louis Gates Jr.
• Dyllan McGee
• Deon Taylor
Senior Producer:
• William Ventura
Series Producers:
• Chinisha Scott
• William Ventura
Executive in Charge of Production:
• Robert L. Yacyshyn
Post Production Supervisor:
• Veronica Leib
Post Production Coordinator:
• Katherine Swiatek
Written By:
• Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Additional Writing:
• Kevin Burke
• Kelsi Lindus
• Chinisha Scott
• William Ventura
Editors:
• Margaret Metzger
• Anne Yao
Producer:
• Kevin Burke
Archival Producer:
• Megan Graham
Research:
• Zoë Smith
Assistant Editors:
• Patrice Bowman
• Nicholas Mastrangelo
Director of Photography:
• Nikki Bramley
• Nausheen Dadabhoy
• Stephen McCarthy
Graphic Design:
• Anthony Kraus
Special Thanks:
• Daina Ramey Berry
• Sam Hartley
• Elyssa Hess
• Stacey Holman
• Hasan Jeffries
• Peniel Joseph
• Imani Perry
Music By:
• Oovra Music
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