The 1950s American road trip was not freedom. For Black families, driving across the country was a gauntlet of physical terror. Stopping at a white-owned diner meant risking your life, as racist cooks routinely contaminated the food out the back door.
To survive the highway, Black women create the shoebox lunch.
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