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cover of "The Negro Travelers' Green Book"

Lawrence Ross delved into the "Green Book," a 1957 handbook to help black motorists find safe stops along the highway, and used it to shape a contemporary road trip that celebrated black history, culture, and business.

Man gets lost

Rebecca Solnit prepares the smartphone era for a time when we no longer know how to not know where we are.

Manal al-Sharif

Manal al-Sharif on how the most transgressive thing a Saudi woman could do was learn to drive.

Feet out the window

We take road trips and endless highways for granted, but there are other countries where people can pay a heavy price just for getting behind a wheel.

soda

Journalism professor David Dennis on how popular conspiracy theories in the black community find their roots in abuses that actually happened.

Nicole Paris

Father-daughter beatboxers Nicole Paris and Ed Cage take vocal percussion from the cradle to the stage.

Sam Coster

How a brush with cancer inspired three brothers — Sam, Seth and Adam Coster — to build a bigger game.

Bobby Norfolk

Master storyteller Bobby Norfolk brings the Negro League’s iconic players to life.

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