The Book Prize Index

Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance

Mia Bay

"What was it like to travel while Black under Jim Crow? Mia Bay brings this dramatic history to life. With gripping stories and a close eye on the rail, bus, and airline operators who implemented segregation, she shows why access to unrestricted mobility has been central to the Black freedom struggle since Reconstruction and remains so today"--

Race & EthnicityRace & Ethnicity · medium confidenceRace & Ethnicity81 signalsLlm Classifier: Race & Ethnicity -> Race & EthnicityKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryKeyword Classifier: Race & Ethnicity -> Race & EthnicityTravel, Exploration & PlaceAfrica & the African DiasporaBlack History & Culture

Award History

2 wins · 3 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Bancroft PrizeMajor2022WinnerOfficial source
PROSE Award for U.S. History2022WinnerOfficial source
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History2021FinalistSecondary source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

This is an unverified interpretation of the catalog description, offered as an opt-in discovery experiment—not as bibliographic fact.

  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Under Jim Crow, segregation by rail, bus, and airline operators made restricted mobility central to the Black freedom struggle; access to unrestricted mobility remains central since Reconstruction.

    Model confidence 78%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    65 / 100 academic

    Academic

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 74%.