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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Memorandum: Reports of Practices in Coach Travel |
| Date | 1-9 May 1950 |
| Document Type | Memorandum |
| Description | Includes details of the role of railway officials in the maintaining of segregation, use of the dining car and the obtaining of seat reservations in northern and southern areas. |
| Series Description | Series 5: Surveys and Studies, 1944-1969 |
| Box Description | Transportation Study: Segregation in Interstate Railway Coach Travel |
| Theme/s | Civil Rights Legislation and Legal Cases |
| Keywords | segregation, public transport, survey, research, railway, strategy, discrimination, prejudice, dining car, statistics, Mason-Dixon line, field worker, racism, travel, Jim Crow laws, government, legislation, seat reservation, intimidation, senator |
| Names | Chesky, Edward; Holley, J. Leon; Humphrey, Hubert H.; Jones, Grace C.; Long, Herman Hodge |
| Organizations | American Missionary Association (AMA); Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); Fisk University; University of Tennessee |
| Places | Atlanta, GA; Birmingham, AL; Chattanooga, TN; Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; Evansville, IN; Frisco, TX; Louisville, KY; Miami, FL; Nashville, TN; New Orleans, LA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; St Louis, MO; Tampa, FL; Washington, DC |
| Library | Amistad Research Center |
| Copyright | Physical rights retained and permission granted by the Amistad Research Center |