From slavery to civil rights : on the streetcars of New Orleans 1830s-present / Hilary Mc Laughlin-Stonham.
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TextSeries: Liverpool studies in international slavery ; 17Publisher: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource (xi, 257 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781789622584
- 1789622581
- Segregation in transportation -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century
- Segregation in transportation -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 20th century
- New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations
- African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- Electric railroads -- Cars -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History
- Ségrégation dans le transport -- Louisiane -- La Nouvelle-Orléans -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Ségrégation dans le transport -- Louisiane -- La Nouvelle-Orléans -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Noirs américains -- Louisiane -- La Nouvelle-Orléans
- Noirs américains -- Droits -- Louisiane -- La Nouvelle-Orléans
- Chemins de fer électriques -- Wagons -- Louisiane -- La Nouvelle-Orléans -- Histoire
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- African Americans
- Electric railroads -- Cars
- Race relations
- Segregation in transportation
- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- 1800-1999
- 379.263092 23
- F379.N59
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-250) and index.
1. Legal and social colour distinctions in antebellum Louisiana -- 2. Streetcars and protest -- 3. The rise of white supremacy -- 4. Streetcars and the end of colour -- 5. Resistance and compliance -- 6. Conclusion.
Print version record.
As a window into New Orleans society, From Slavery to Civil Rights chronicles segregation on the streetcars of New Orleans over two centuries and discovers the impact of local and national events on a segregated system that was, at times, both surprisingly rigid and elastic over the period.
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