Introducing the 

WTS Distinguished Speaker Series

The WTS International 2023 Distinguished Speaker Series highlights the voices of top-level experts, speakers, authors, and academics, speaking on topics crucial to equity, diversity, and access in transportation.

On February 17th, join us to hear from Dr. Mia Bay, UPENN professor, historian, and author of Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance, which received a 2022 PROSE Award for Excellence in American History, was a New York Times Critics' Top Book of the Year, and is a finalist for the Los Angeles Time Book Award. 

Curious as to why so many cases contesting the doctrine of "separate but equal" involved trains and buses, Mia Bay went back to the sources with some basic questions: How did travel segregation begin? Why were so many of those who challenged it in court women?  

Register now to hear Dr. Bay's scholarly insights on the history (and the future) of equity, inclusion, diversity, and access in transportation.

WTS Distinguished Speaker Series Webinar: Dr. Mia Bay

Friday February 17, 2023 | 1–2:30 p.m. ET

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