Mother Wit

Driving the Green Book by Macmillan

Oct 5, 202030:51Society & Culture

How did Black travelers use Mother Wit—common sense insights—to help them survive during the Jim Crow era? We hear how this intuition helped individuals and families navigate the roads, stay safe, and build networks and...

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