Showing results for "The Green Book" in Social Sciences

Join award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America’s haunted racial past, with the legendary Green Book as your guide. For countless Americans, the open road has long been a place where dangers lurk. In the era of Jim Crow, Black travelers encountered locked doors, hostile...

A moving and inspiring memoir from a former Obama White House staffer, about his rural Maryland family’s untold history, the merger of three churches—one Black, two white—and how a radical embrace of community became their salvation, and his. “A moving and important reminder of the power...

This audiobook is not a verbatim reading of The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1938 Facsimile, but rather an in-depth exploration of its historical significance. Through expert analysis, firsthand accounts, and historical context, it examines how The Green-Book served as a vital tool for Black travelers navigating segregation-era America.

Award-winning broadcaster and educator Alvin Hall hits the road alongside activist and social justice trainer Janée Woods Weber. They drive from Detroit to New Orleans, collecting powerful, personal testimony about how Black Americans used the historic travel guide The Negro Motorist's Green Book during the height of segregation as a vital resource to quell fears, find safe havens, and travel with dignity. As he drives the Green Book, Alvin unearths both inspiring and heartbreaking tales that tell a different story from what Hollywood would have you believe. Driving the Green Book is a living...

The first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide for Black motorists.

On a night when darkness clung heavily to the world and an unsettling mist wrapped around every hill and valley, I found myself yearning for adventure. As a young and carefree wayfarer, I was driven by an insatiable desire to explore the unknown and seek my fortune. So when I spotted a flickering light piercing through the fog to my right, I felt compelled to follow it, hoping it would provide the shelter I so desperately needed. Little did I know that refuge is not always a safe haven, and this choice would lead me down a path filled with unexpected twists. But who can resist the allure of ...

In the style of The Tipping Point or Freakonomics, a groundbreaking book that will change the way you look at the world. The fearless Tina Rosenberg has spent her career tackling some of the world's hardest problems. The Haunted Land, her searing work on how Eastern Europe faced the crimes of...

Please join us for this incredible podcast created from the "American Graveyard, calls to end gun violence" global anthology published by Read or Green Books! This is a monthly virtual show on zoom. Each month will be a different theme. Each show has Core Hosts, Guest Hosts, and Special Guests. This is NOT an open mic or open forum. This is a BRAVE SPACE not a debate or town hall meeting. Please like, share, subscribe, and follow everywhere online!

Sophie Green is the bestselling author of The Bellbird River Country Choir (2022), Thursdays at Orange Blossom House (2021), The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle (2019) and The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club (2017). She also works in publishing and for the last decade or so she's also been interviewing Australian country music artists at her website Sunburnt Country Music. Sophie knows that songwriters and authors have some things in common, and some things that are different, but each of them has fascinating insights into the process and craft of writing and storytelling....

Honor your loved ones and the earth by choosing practical, spiritual, and eco-friendly after-death care Natural, legal, and innovative after-death care options are transforming the paradigm of the existing funeral industry, helping families and communities recover their instinctive capacity...

Fun and informative interviews with the best sapphic fiction writers. We talk about their books, but also about who they are as people. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoy bringing it to you.

Immerse yourself in a captivating collection of tales centered around a remarkable machine that unites people from all walks of life, proving that love knows no bounds. (Summary by Eva Staes)

The bestselling author of Dream Team tells the interconnected stories of the NBA champion Golden State Warriors and the early-1970s Los Angeles Lakers, two extraordinary teams playing in extraordinary times and linked by one extraordinary man: Jerry West. In Golden Days, acclaimed sports...

With deep empathy, rigorous reporting, and the irresistible perspective of a true romantic, journalist Anna Lekas Miller spotlights couples around the world who confront frustrating immigration systems to be together—as she did to be with her husband. ​ We are told that love conquers all...

Overmedication, police brutality, electroconvulsive therapy, involuntary hospitalization, traumas that lead to intense altered states and suicidal thoughts: these are the struggles of those labeled “mentally ill.” While much has been written about the systemic problems of our mental-health care system, this book gives voice to those with personal experience of psychiatric miscare often excluded from the discussion, like people of color and LGBTQ+ communities.

This podcast presents a powerful testament to the fact that despite the obstacles of color and past restrictions in the United States, ambition combined with diligent effort can lead to success in any worthy pursuit. This message is especially dedicated to inspiring the young colored individuals of our society. (Summary by the author)

Set in the early 20th century, The Green Jacket introduces us to Millicent Newberry, one of the first female private detectives in literature. Crafted by Jennette Lee, Newberry is known for her unconventional approach to solving cases, insisting on having a say in the fate of the guilty. She often knits while working, a unique method that not only calms her clients and suspects but also serves as her note-taking system. In this gripping tale, Newberry goes undercover to solve the mystery of a stolen emerald necklace, a case that has baffled even her former boss, detective Tom Corbett.

On Your Case gives women the tools they need to prepare anything the law might throw at them. From dating, marriage and kids to retirement and aging parents, this is the book every woman should have when trouble strikes—or before! In On Your Case, Lisa Green finally fills a gap in women?s...

For thousands of years two distinct cultures evolved unaware of one another’s existence. Separated by what one culture called The Great Sea and known to the other as the Atlantic Ocean, the course of each culture’s future changed irreversibly 400 years ago.

The untold story of generations of Middle Eastern freedom fighters—horsewomen who safeguarded an ancient breed of Caspian horse—and their efforts to defend their homelands from the Taliban and others seeking to destroy them. "A breathtaking book that revisits nearly one hundred years of...