#1605 Our Prison System is a Demonstrable Failure
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Historical Reckoning through Segregated Travel Guides
Confederate statues propagated a distorted history where atrocities like lynching were glorified. Race riots and violence across the country prompted the publication of the Negro Motorist Green Book in 1936, providing safe travel options for black people until 1966. The need for a separate travel guide reveals the rampant hostility towards black individuals, as their safety was constantly at risk in an environment where disappearance was a looming threat.
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