In 1963, America's Georgia, 15 black girls joined a protest.

One for the matinee, please.

Negroes, hit your tickets in the back.

We just want tickets to see the show. Here comes a whole mess of tickets for each. in the Based on the true story, Push Black presents The Stolen Girls of America's.

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Shubag lunches, overalls, and a handy green book kept our people safe during

turbulent times to travel while black.

Here's how they did it and what we can learn from their genius.

This is two-minute black history, what you didn't learn in school. Traveling is an anxious experience for many of us, especially due to a long history of anti-blackness.

Staying safe was crucial for our ancestors and here's

how they did it. During the Green Book era dining while traveling while black

wasn't easy. With as much innovation as usual, our people prepared food

before leaving home, storing lunches in empty shoeboxes to bring on road trips.

They usually featured classics like fried chicken, mac and cheese and a slice of pound cake.

Our folks never left home without the life-saving travel kit known as the Jim Crow travel kit.

It contained essential items like a small stove and portable table since many businesses refused to serve black customers

and overalls for protection from animal waste and tobacco that white people left on the train

seat.

Because of Jim Crow laws, our people couldn't stay the night

and any old hotel.

So we created hospitality havens

such as Bed and Breakfast Hotel.

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