Green Book 
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SOURCE: USA Today
2/19/2021
A Look Inside the Green Book, Which Guided Black Travelers Through a Segregated and Hostile America
UCLA historian Scot Brown calls the "Green Book" a "Black GPS" for the Jim Crow era in an overview of the publication that helped African Americans exercise the freedom to travel.
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SOURCE: New York Times
1/25/19
The Green Book’s Black History
by Brent Staples
Lessons from the Jim Crow-era travel guide for African-American elites.
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SOURCE: The Guardian
2-11-18
From the Green Book to Facebook, how black people still need to outwit racists in rural America
A historical travel guide once listed safe pit stops for black motorists in Jim Crow America. When a family sought similar advice on Facebook last year, they were deluged with replies.
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