{"id":1249,"date":"2022-02-07T08:10:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T16:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=1249"},"modified":"2022-02-06T15:00:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T23:00:11","slug":"overground-railroad-the-green-book-and-the-roots-of-black-travel-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/overground-railroad-the-green-book-and-the-roots-of-black-travel-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/overgroundrailroad-595x765.jpg?resize=525%2C675&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"675\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16206\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America (Young Reader&#8217;s Edition)<\/em><br \/>\nby Candacy Taylor (Author)<br \/>\n<em>@ <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3out8Se\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/6037\/9781419749490\">Bookshop<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781419749490?aff=anasuen09\">IndieBound<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> This young reader&#8217;s edition chronicles the history of the Green Book, which was published from 1936 to 1966 and was the &#8220;Black travel guide to America.&#8221; For years, it was dangerous for African Americans to travel in the United States. Because of segregation, Black travelers couldn\u2019t eat, sleep, or even get gas at most white-owned businesses. <\/p>\n<p>The Green Book listed hotels, restaurants, department stores, gas stations, recreational destinations, and other businesses that were safe for Black travelers. It was a resourceful and innovative solution to a horrific problem. It took courage to be listed in the Green Book, and the stories from those who took a stand against racial segregation are recorded and celebrated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/overgroundrailroad1-595x384.jpg?resize=525%2C339&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"339\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16207\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6536\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nonfiction.monday.jpg?resize=158%2C111\" alt=\"Nonfiction Monday\" width=\"158\" height=\"111\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nonfiction Monday!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America (Young Reader&#8217;s Edition) by Candacy Taylor (Author) @ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Booktalk: This young reader&#8217;s edition chronicles the history of the Green Book, which was published from 1936 to 1966 and was the &#8220;Black travel guide to America.&#8221; For years, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/overground-railroad-the-green-book-and-the-roots-of-black-travel-in-america\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nonfiction-monday-round-up"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pam6qm-k9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":199,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/strong-is-the-new-pretty\/","url_meta":{"origin":1249,"position":0},"title":"Strong is the New Pretty","author":"L Taylor","date":"December 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"If you're looking for a holiday gift for a young girl, Strong is the New Pretty is inspirational, and would make a perfect gift for a strong young girl in your life.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Nonfiction Monday Round-up&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Nonfiction Monday Round-up","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/category\/nonfiction-monday-round-up\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"9781523505500_3D","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/9781523505500_3D.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":759,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/secrets-of-the-loon\/","url_meta":{"origin":1249,"position":1},"title":"Secrets of the Loon","author":"@roberta3","date":"April 27, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Time to celebrate tomorrow's book birthday of\u00a0 Secrets of the Loon by Laura Purdie Salas and Charles Dayton. 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