Smithsonian Associates: Driving the Green Book

Hit the road with award-winning journalist Alvin Hall and social justice trainer Janée Woods Weber as they document their 12-day, 2,021-mile road trip from Detroit to New Orleans inspired by The Negro Motorist Green Book, the historic guide (published 1936—1967) African Americans relied on to travel safely at the height of segregation and the Jim Crow era. Tickets are $20 for members $25 for non-members and the event is from 6:45 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. For tickets and more information please click here.