But she went much further and also made it a riveting history of the Green Book, of Jim Crow, and - most important - she emphasizes with examples how this. and her projects have been commissioned and funded by numerous organizations including, The Library of Congress, National Geographic, The American Council of Learned Societies, The National Endowment for the Humanities, The National Park Service, and The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Her work has been featured in over 50 media outlets, including The Atlantic, CBS Sunday Morning, The Guardian UK, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Newsweek, PBS Newshour, and The Wall St. Candacy Taylor's Overground Railroad could have been just a terrific coffee table book with its colorful photos of featured hotels and diners along with pages from the iconic Green Book. Taylor was a fellow at the Hutchins Center at Harvard University under the direction of Dr. The exhibition will travel throughout the United States for three years. A New York Times Notable Book of 2020 The first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide for black motorists used for decades when traveling through segregated America. Taylor is an award-winning author, photographer, and cultural documentarian working on a multidisciplinary project based on the Green Book. She is the author of Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America (Abrams Books), as well as the curator and content specialist for an exhibition that will be toured by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) starting in June 2020. Taylor’s work has been featured in over 50 media outlets including The Atlantic, CBS Sunday Morning, The Guardian UK, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Newsweek, PBS Newshour, and The Wall St.

and her projects have been commissioned and funded by numerous organizations including, The Library of Congress, National Geographic, The American Council of Learned Societies, The National Endowment for the Humanities, The National Park Service, and The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. DRIVING WHILE BLACK African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights By Gretchen Sorin. Taylor was a fellow at the Hutchins Center at Harvard University under the direction of Dr. OVERGROUND RAILROAD The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America By Candacy Taylor. The exhibition will travel throughout the United States for three years. She is also the curator and content specialist for an exhibition that will be toured by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) starting in June 2020. Taylor is the author of Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America (Abrams Books). Candacy Taylor is an award-winning author, photographer and cultural documentarian working on a multidisciplinary project based on the Green Book.

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