What Was It Like to Travel While Black During Jim Crow? | 360 Video | Op-Docs
The Green Book was a critical guide for African-Americans struggling to travel safely in the Jim Crow era. This 360 degree video explores its complicated legacy.
This film offers a revealing view of the Green Book era as told through Ben’s Chili Bowl, a black-owned restaurant in Washington, and reminds us that the humiliations heaped upon African-Americans during that time period.
Sandra Butler-Truesdale, born in the capital in the 1930s, references an often-forgotten trauma — and one of the conceptual underpinnings of the Jim Crow era — when she recalls that Negroes who shopped in major stores were not allowed to try on clothing before they bought it. Store owners at the time offered a variety of racist rationales, including that Negroes were insufficiently clean. At bottom, the practice reflected the irrational belief that anything coming in contact with African-American skin — including clothing, silverware or bed linens — was contaminated by blackness, rendering it unfit for use by whites.
Read more: https://nyti.ms/2DBEAnV
More from The New York Times Video:
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n
Watch all of our videos here: http://nytimes.com/video
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nytvideo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nytvideo
----------
Whether it's reporting on conflicts abroad and political divisions at home, or covering the latest style trends and scientific developments, New York Times video journalists provide a revealing and unforgettable view of the world. It's all the news that's fit to watch.
Видео What Was It Like to Travel While Black During Jim Crow? | 360 Video | Op-Docs канала The New York Times
This film offers a revealing view of the Green Book era as told through Ben’s Chili Bowl, a black-owned restaurant in Washington, and reminds us that the humiliations heaped upon African-Americans during that time period.
Sandra Butler-Truesdale, born in the capital in the 1930s, references an often-forgotten trauma — and one of the conceptual underpinnings of the Jim Crow era — when she recalls that Negroes who shopped in major stores were not allowed to try on clothing before they bought it. Store owners at the time offered a variety of racist rationales, including that Negroes were insufficiently clean. At bottom, the practice reflected the irrational belief that anything coming in contact with African-American skin — including clothing, silverware or bed linens — was contaminated by blackness, rendering it unfit for use by whites.
Read more: https://nyti.ms/2DBEAnV
More from The New York Times Video:
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n
Watch all of our videos here: http://nytimes.com/video
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nytvideo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nytvideo
----------
Whether it's reporting on conflicts abroad and political divisions at home, or covering the latest style trends and scientific developments, New York Times video journalists provide a revealing and unforgettable view of the world. It's all the news that's fit to watch.
Видео What Was It Like to Travel While Black During Jim Crow? | 360 Video | Op-Docs канала The New York Times
Показать
Комментарии отсутствуют
Информация о видео
Другие видео канала
Traveling with "The Green Book" during the Jim Crow eraThe real story of the Green BookJim Crow of the North - Full-Length DocumentaryInside a Covid I.C.U., Through a Nurse's Eyes | NYT OpinionColorado Experience: KKKHistory of Jim CrowHow Olivia Rodrigo Wrote ‘Drivers License,’ the Biggest Song of the Year So Far | Diary of a SongStrong Island | Full Feature | NetflixWhy African-Americans left the south in droves — and what's bringing them backTraveling while black: The last room is always sold outMurdered On the Air, While Fighting for Justice | Op-DocsWhat was it like growing up in Alabama under Jim Crow?The Nations Biggest Collection Of Racist Objects Are All In A Michigan College BasementAfrican American History in the Lowcountry: Jim CrowTraveling while black: Bring your uniformMLK Talks 'New Phase' Of Civil Rights Struggle, 11 Months Before His Assassination | NBC NewsJim Crow and America's Racism ExplainedRuby Bridges: 6 Years Old and Desegregating a School | The Daily 360 | The New York TimesThe History of Jim Crow Laws - Part 1After Birth: Is It Selfish to Care About Your Body? | Op-Docs