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Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
Candacy Taylor
Ages: 14+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Amulet/Abrams
ISBN: 978-1-4197-4949-0
Keywords: race relations, racism, automobile travel, African-American, segregation
Detailed research informs this history of an early 20th-century guide for safe travel for Black Americans. Archival photographs and images. Maps, end notes, bibliography. Young readers edition.