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The Nettles of Nashville

Driving the Green Book by Macmillan

Oct 12, 202026:05Society & Culture

We head to Nashville to trace the legacy of Jim Crow, segregation, and The Negro Motorist Green Book through different generations of one family: The Nettles. We also pay tribute to the female entrepreneurs who provided...

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The Nettles of Nashville is an episode from Driving the Green Book by Macmillan. We head to Nashville to trace the legacy of Jim Crow, segregation, and The Negro Motorist Green Book through different generations of one family: The Nettles....

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Published Oct 12, 2020, 26:05 long, audio available.

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