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Chakita Sharnise (15)
RP @blackgirlthatreads. [Thanks for my #gifted copy, @abramsbooks]
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If you’ve ever wondered why your grandparents or parents started their road trips at night, or why they just had to have a cooler full of food before hitting the road, you may want to read Overground Railroad.
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Candacy Taylor explores how and why Victor Green founded the Green Book, a guide that was published from 1936 to 1967 and hailed as the Bible of Black travel.
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In a time when Jim Crow was the law of the land, travel across cities and states could be dangerous for Black people. They couldn’t eat, sleep, get gas, or even shop at most of the white-owned businesses along the road. So what were they do to?
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The Green Book came along to help make the road trips a little safer and a more dignified experience for Black people. Taylor took the time to travel through the neighborhoods where these businesses once thrived to document the indelible scars that redlining, urban renewal, gentrification, and mass incarceration have left on these communities.
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I can’t wait to hear her when she comes to Houston on 2/20 because I flew through this book and learned so many random bits of info, including why older Black people *may* have an interest in Cadillacs.
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#UnitedStreetTours #blackhistory #Allyship #changingthenarrative #inclusion #love #antiracism #nashville #nashvillehistory #musiccity #united #nashvilleblackhistory #WhiteAllies #Racialjustice #blacklivesmatter #Racism #Antiracist #antiracism #whitewashing #chakitasharnise #Whitefragility #buyblack #WhiteAlly #reparations #blackowned #FemaleEntrepreneur #feminist #feminism #antiracisteveryday
Chakita Sharnise (15)
RP @blackgirlthatreads. [Thanks for my #gifted copy, @abramsbooks]
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If you’ve ever wondered why your grandparents or parents started their road trips at night, or why they just had to have a cooler full of food before hitting the road, you may want to read Overground Railroad.
...
Candacy Taylor explores how and why Victor Green founded the Green Book, a guide that was published from 1936 to 1967 and hailed as the Bible of Black travel.
...
In a time when Jim Crow was the law of the land, travel across cities and states could be dangerous for Black people. They couldn’t eat, sleep, get gas, or even shop at most of the white-owned businesses along the road. So what were they do to?
...
The Green Book came along to help make the road trips a little safer and a more dignified experience for Black people. Taylor took the time to travel through the neighborhoods where these businesses once thrived to document the indelible scars that redlining, urban renewal, gentrification, and mass incarceration have left on these communities.
...
I can’t wait to hear her when she comes to Houston on 2/20 because I flew through this book and learned so many random bits of info, including why older Black people *may* have an interest in Cadillacs.
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#UnitedStreetTours #blackhistory #Allyship #changingthenarrative #inclusion #love #antiracism #nashville #nashvillehistory #musiccity #united #nashvilleblackhistory #WhiteAllies #Racialjustice #blacklivesmatter #Racism #Antiracist #antiracism #whitewashing #chakitasharnise #Whitefragility #buyblack #WhiteAlly #reparations #blackowned #FemaleEntrepreneur #feminist #feminism #antiracisteveryday