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Join us for a discussion of the New York Times notable book Overground Railroad: The Green Book & the Roots of Black Travel in America. Author Candacy Taylor will be in conversation with Jacqueline Francis, Dean of Humanities at California College of the Arts. Originally published in 2020, Overground Railroad arrived in paperback in January this year. The conversation will be followed by a book signing. Copies of the book are available in the MoAD Bookstore.
About the Book
A New York Times Notable Book, Overground Railroad 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 to 1966, the Green Book was hailed as the “Black travel guide to America.” It listed over 11,000 businesses, including everything from hotels to golf courses, real estate offices, and sanitariums. It functioned more like a Black Yellow Pages and was a resourceful and innovative solution to a horrific problem.
Overground Railroad delves into these Green Book sites and the history of America’s troubled past of segregation. It examines how we've arrived at our current moment and how far we still have to go when it comes to healing race
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