NPR: How Route 66 got its kicks
It is not really an immigration story but does touches about movement in the United States.
NPR's Here & Now Anytime episode "How Route 66 got its kicks" explores the episode explores how "America's Main Street" became a migration route during the Great Depression. NPR listener P. Bruce Berra shared with the newsletter team one of his memorable moments on the route in 1957. On Berra’s journey from Los Angeles to Chicago, he was pulled over for speeding and was told to pay the fine in the court at the center of town. His first thought was he would cruise there and be out until the officer said, “And by way, don't think of zooming through town because we'll pick you up on the other side and you will pay double the fine."
