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. Black History in Two Minutes (or so) is a 4x Webby Award winning series. If you haven't already, please review us on Apple Podcasts! It's a helpful way to for new listeners to discover what we are doing here: Podcast.Apple.com/Black-History-in-Two-Minutes/ 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 Follow Black History in Two Minutes on Facebook www.facebook.com/blackhistoryintwominutes/ Follow Black History in Two Minutes on Instagram www.instagram.com/blackhistoryintwominutes/ Subscribe to Black History in Two Minutes Youtube Channel    / @blackhistoryintwominutes   'Black History in Two Minutes' is also available on Apple and Google podcasts. Distributed by aone.la/ Powered by hyperengine.ai/

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