Traveling with "The Green Book" during the Jim Crow era

Racism was a chilling fact of life that, in 1936, inspired “The Negro Motorist Green Book,” a guide to businesses that welcomed African American travelers who faced being turned away or threatened in a time of segregation. Martha Teichner talks with cultural historian Candacy Taylor about the importance of this guide to safe travels in the Jim Crow South.

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