Narration, Philip Melancon. Originally released by Michael Mizell-Nelson and The New Orleans Streetcar Museum, 1995.
Summary:
A cultural and social history of the place that streetcars once held in the everyday life of New Orleans and the turbulent times of a violent 1929 strike, and the struggles over segregated seating (Plessy v. Ferguson). Combines recent and vintage images with commentary by citizens and streetcar company staff and others including poet/essayist Andrei Codrescu, writer Tom Dent, and urbanologist Jack Stewart.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)38004624
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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