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'Traveling while black' guidebooks may be out of print, but still resonate today

  • Written by Cotten Seiler, Associate Professor of American Studies, Dickinson College

In the summer of 2017, the NAACP issued a travel advisory for the state of Missouri.

Modeled after the international advisories issued by the U.S. State Department, the NAACP statement cautioned travelers of color about the “looming danger” of discrimination, harassment and violence at the hands of Missouri law enforcement, businesses...

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