Driving the Green Book

Mother Wit

Episode Summary

How did Black travelers use Mother Wit—common sense insights—to help them survive during the Jim Crow era?

Episode Notes

How did Black travelers use Mother Wit—common sense insights—to help them survive during the Jim Crow era? We hear how this intuition helped individuals and families navigate the roads, stay safe, and build networks and businesses that provided the services they were being denied.

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