Podcast: 99% Invisible (Episode 201)
Interesting story on how far segregation went and what one man did to help people dealing with it.
"The middle of the 20th Century was a golden age for road travel in the United States. Cars had become cheap and spacious enough to carry families comfortably for hundreds of miles. The Interstate Highway System had started to connect the country’s smaller roads in a vast nationwide network. Finally, tourists could make their way from New York to California, seeing the grandeur of America along the way. That freedom and mobility, however, was not equally available to everyone."
Listen to "The Green Book"
More information:
The Negro Motorist Green Book on Wikipedia
Victor H. Green on Wikipedia
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