Protecting Green Book sites in the Mountain West

By Samantha Wright

Published February 28, 2023 at 1:36 PM MST

Contemporary reprints of original Green Books from 1940 (front) and 1954.

Black Americans used the Green Book in the mid-1900s to find safe places to travel. Now an organization in our region is highlighting many of these locations.

Emma Vandeneinde of the Mountain West News Bureau joins one woman as she shares her family’s history with the book.

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Samantha Wright

As Senior Producer of our live daily talk show Idaho Matters, I’m able to indulge my love of storytelling and share all kinds of information (I was probably a Town Crier in a past life!). My career has allowed me to learn something new everyday and to share that knowledge with all my friends on the radio.

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