When Black Americans first found their freedom to move around, White Americans pushed back fearing where they were going and why -- and the remnants of that prejudice linger today. The film documents migration patterns post-Civil War and then explodes with dazzling images of Black Americans starting to travel in style. "But certainly, the encounter between some Black Americans and some White Americans did make a difference. Taylor drove hundreds of thousands of miles searching for "Green Book" listings in her image-packed history, "Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America. The automobile has become more affordable, but it's often the way Black people encounter the police, Sorin tells CNN.

Source: CNN October 11, 2020 07:52 UTC