What It Was Like to Fly as a Black Traveler in the Jim Crow Era

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dc.contributor.authorBay, Miaen
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-09T04:44:02Zen
dc.date.available2021-09-09T04:44:02Zen
dc.date.issued2021-03-23en
dc.description.abstractThe early days of air travel seemed more welcoming to Black travelers as planes became more common and began to supersede the railroad. This newfound feeling of acceptance was short-lived as the ways of Jim Crow and segregation moved from busses and rail travel to the skies as well. Even well know African Americans were subject to the discriminatory practices of the time. Jackie Robinson, the first Black professional baseball player, and his wife were bumped from their flight in New Orleans during a layover and then removed from the second flight in Florida during a fueling stop to make room for white travelers.en
dc.description.notesAmerican Airlines, Pan Am, and Delta practiced discrimination in the early days of the aviation industry •Reservation agents with American Airlines were required to add special coding to the reservations of those who had southern accents who were believed to be black •Ella Fitzgerald and two travel associates, also black, were removed from a flight from San Francisco to Sydney for a performance when in Honolulu during a fuel stop, they were removed and not allowed to even retrieve their personal belongings on board the aircraften
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/104950en
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.cntraveler.com/story/how-black-travelers-fought-discrimination-while-flying-in-the-jim-crow-eraen
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherConde' Nast Traveleren
dc.rightsIn Copyright (InC)en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectJim Crowen
dc.subjectSegregationen
dc.subjectAmerican Airlinesen
dc.subjectPan American World Airwaysen
dc.subjectNegro Travelersen
dc.subjectJackie Robinsonen
dc.subjectElla Fitzgeralden
dc.titleWhat It Was Like to Fly as a Black Traveler in the Jim Crow Eraen
dc.typeArticleen

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