Project
Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
Division of Research Programs
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Abrams Books
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Abrams Books
Candacy Taylor’s Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America is the first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide for black motorists used for decades when traveling through segregated America. Published from 1936-1966, the Green Book was hailed as a “black travel guide to America” in a time when it was both dangerous and difficult for African Americans to travel.
Read a review of Taylor’s NEH Public Scholars book Overground Railroad at the Los Angeles Times.