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Driving the Green Book
Premiered September 2020
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In the summer of 2019, award-winning broadcaster and educator Alvin Hall and social activist and trainer Janée Woods Weber hit the road for a 12-day, 2,000 mile trip from Detroit to New Orleans. The route they drove was based on information gathered from the historic travel guide, The Negro Motorist Green Book. During segregation and Jim Crow, African American travelers all over the country relied on this annually published guide as a vital resource to navigate trips, patronize Black-owned businesses, and come together in the face of institutionalized racism. The people they interviewed shared powerful stories and memories of that time that became the center of the ten-episode, Driving the Green Book podcast.
Articles & Reviews
NPR’s 1A (radio): ‘Driving The Green Book’ With Alvin Hall
While Black (podcast): A Journey Inside The Green Book w/Alvin Hall
Stuff You Missed in History Class (podcast): Interview: Driving the Green Book
Greetings from Somewhere (podcast): The Present and Future of the American Road Trip | Pt. 2
The Atlantic (magazine): The 50 Best Podcasts of 2020
DiscoverPods.com (website): The 71 Best Podcasts of 2020
Bello Collective (website): 100 Outstanding Podcasts From 2020
Vulture (magazine): The Strange Case of Oprah’s Old Interviews
The Hyphen (online newsletter): Another pod recommendation
Insider Interviews: From Print to Podcasts and Back: Kathy Doyle of MacMillian
(mentions Driving the Green Book starting around 17:20)