Mia Bay and Mae Ngai Wins Bancroft Award

An innovative study of Black Americans’ fight against discrimination in transportation and a comprehensive examination of Chinese immigration to the gold mines in the Anglophone world in the 19th century won this year’s Bancroft Award, considered one of the most prestigious honors in the American field. History. Mia Bay’s “The Traveling Black: A Story of …

History of Travel Discrimination and Chinese Immigration Wins Bancroft

An innovative study of Black Americans’ fight against discrimination in transportation and a comprehensive examination of Chinese immigration to the gold mines in the Anglophone world in the 19th century won this year’s Bancroft Award, considered one of the most prestigious honors in the American field. History. Mia Bay’s “The Traveling Black: A Story of …