Green Book Collection
History of Black Travels
- Thomas J. Sugrue, “Automobile in American Life and Society: Driving While Black: The Car and Race Relations in Modern America,” Auto Life.
- J. Freedom du Lac, “Guidebook that Aided Black Travelers during Segregation Reveals Vastly Different D.C.,” Washington Post, Sunday, September 12, 2010.
- Kate Kelly, “The Green Book: The First Travel Guide for African-Americans Dates to the 1930s,” Huff Post Travel Jan 6, 2014.
- “'Green Book' Helped African-Americans Travel Safely” - NPR
- “‘Green Book’ Helped Keep African American Safe on the Road” PBS [Independent Lens]
- The Negro Motorist Green Book [Wikipedia]
- “The Open Road Wasn’t Quite Open to All,” by Celia Mcgee, New York Times Aug. 22, 2010
- Emma Lacey-Bordeaux and Wayne Drash, “Travel Guide Helped African-Americans Navigate Tricky Times,” CNN Black in America [Also has a Video]
- Lew Powell, “Traveling while Black: A Jim Crow Survival Guide” North Carolina Miscellany.
- Farai Chideya, “Traveling While Black” New York Times Jan. 3, 2014.
- “‘We Out Here’: Inside the New Black Travel Movement,” by Charlise Ferguson, The Daily Beast, Jan 4, 2015
History of Black Travels Cont.
Traveling
- African-American Journeys
- Festival at Sea
- Nomadness Travel Tribe
- Pathfinders [The Travel Magazine for People of Color]
- Soul of America [Fun, Comprehensive & Trusted Black Travel]
- Travel Noire [Cultivated Insights from a Global Community of Black Travelers]
- Ugogurl [Favorite Links Categories]
Women Travelers