Traveling with "The Green Book" during the Jim Crow era

There may not be Green Books anymore but there are still Sundown Towns.

It's sad. The Green Book was the How Not to Die while traveling books. Never forget.

Remember this when you wish for the "good old days". They weren't good for everybody! Thanks for posting!

I had never heard of the "Green Book". Thank you for educating me.

I can remember my grandparents using the green book route to their birthplaces every year for our family reunion. I didn't understand until I was older why they just didn't take the "normal" roads. I can also remember going on my first school field trip to D.C. at age 8 and my mother made me so much chicken, fresh yeast rolls, a thermos of soup, and a thermos of tea to take. As one of the 3 black kids in my class, she made sure I had something to eat just in case my teachers or the chaperones (all white) didn't feed me. I can recall the extra prayers and hugs she gave as she dropped me off to school that day. I can remember how worried she was, but didn't know why. Even now as an adult, it bothers me that sometimes I still hesitate when in a room of all white people...It's that initial moment of self-awareness that I am different.

My parents and their siblings traveled from Alabama to Connecticut many, many times using the Green Book.

CBS Sunday Morning should win another Peabody for this segment alone. The show is brilliant every Sunday, but this is a superlative story!

This segment invokes emotion.

Thus is why my Family still travels with food now on 2019! The more things change, the more they still stay the same

It's sickening how our fellow human beings were treated. You can understand the anger and distrust left in Jim Crow's wake

This was just evil. I can't even imagine... just the resilience my people had during this time. Who's cutting onions in here?

Our ancestors really went through some sh*t!! Unfortunately are still fighting for the true equality.

Never forget. Never again.

At the 2:00 mark, the background music is a song anyone who is watching this video should go lookup. It’s called “Strange Fruit”, sung by Billie Holiday, based on a poem with the same name. Very haunting lyrics. Good job to CBS with using this background song as a subtle expression of life in the Jim Crow south.

We found a green Book in my great grandma's house after she passed! Had no idea what it was about, wish she would've told us! It's amazing how black people have continued to always look out for our own throughout history

I can’t watch this. It makes me cry. “Man’s inhumanity to man” is incomprehensible. I am old enough to remember the signs, and asking my Mom , “ Why?” I was only around five years old and responded, “That’s not fair!” These were some of my favorite musicians. It is painful to see how they were treated. As an old white lady, these memories still hurt my heart. We must never forget, “We are ALL God’s children.” No human being should be treated this way. Looking at the current situation, we must learn from these terrible past mistakes and treat people who are escaping dangerous situations with empathy and respect. Every immigrant child needs to be accounted for and reunited with their families. It would be very easy to have a national website with their photos and information so their families can find them and be reunited. They deserve so much better. We do not want history to repeat itself nor to be remembered for Inhumane treatment of any of God’s precious children. Kindness is priceless.

How tragic that so many people had to suffer! These are human beings!!!! Makes me sick to my stomach!

They don’t teach this in school. Wow

Heartbreaking injustice ! Makes me angry that so many precious people suffered such horrific injustice :(

We need a updated Green book for this era of Trumpism! Support Black Businesses...