Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad

by Miriam Thaggert

Book Overview

Miriam Thaggert illuminates the stories of African American women as passengers and as workers on the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century railroad. As Jim Crow laws became more prevalent and forced Black Americans to "ride Jim Crow" on the rails, the train compartment became a contested space of leisure and work. Riding Jane Crow examines four instances of Black female railroad travel: the travel narratives of Black female intellectuals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252086597
• ISBN13: 9780252086595
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"