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What 'sundown towns,' discriminatory all-white neighborhoods, represent for Black drivers

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If a community is not safe for Black travelers, especially after dark, it’s often called a “sundown town.” Now some of these towns are integrating, so does that mean they’re not dangerous for Black travelers?

We revisit a conversation with Candacy Taylor, author of “Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America.”

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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