![]() ![]() The Overground Railroad chronicles the history of The Negro Motorist Green Book, an annual guide published from 1936 to 1966 that helped African Americans travel the country with dignity during the era of Jim Crow laws and segregation throughout America. It’s an epic story that needs to be told, and I’m excited that ABRAMS is helping to do so both for adults and for children,” says Reeves. ![]() “What Candacy Taylor has brought together in these projects is a grand social history that crosses borders both geographical and societal. Reeves and Taylor’s literary agent, Chris Tomasino of the Tomasino Agency. The two-book deal, which also includes a condensed book for middle-grade readers, was signed by ABRAMS’ Editor-at-Large Howard W. ![]() ABRAMS TO PUBLISH THE OVERGROUND RAILROAD: THE GREEN BOOK AND THE ROOTS OF BLACK TRAVEL IN AMERICA By Candacy Taylor Accompanying Traveling Smithsonian Exhibition New York, New York – Ap– ABRAMS is proud to announce the Fall 2019 publication of The Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America by writer, photographer, and cultural critic Candacy Taylor. ![]()
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