Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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For decades, the CB radio has been written off as just a quirky 1970s fad. But beneath the static and the slang lies a communication network built by Black Truckers to combat the police and imperils of being Black on the highway.

Sources:
Driving While Black by Gretchen Sorin
Sundown Towns by James W. Loewen
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

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