Driving The Green Book is a podcast they everyone needs to listen to. What am maxing trip through our history, which we should never forget. Thank you.

Driving the Green Book is a fantastic podcast. This is the best of what nonfiction/historical podcasts can be. It takes what little we learn from our textbooks, fleshes it out, and makes it very personal. Beautifully produced and very compelling.

Excellent storytelling of awful and triumphant times. These are stories that need to be heard. Thank you!

I loved this podcast and looked forward to every new recording. I hope a second season is in the works Nd I hope it comes out very soon!!

The information added to what I had heard about the Green Book. It was really special to hear the accounts of people who actually used the book or remembered traveling with their parents using it. Great history lesson with laughter and tears.

I loved listening to this series of stories immensely. The only disappointment was coming to the end, I want more.

Mr. Hall and Ms. Woods Webber and all of the presenters here have taken me on a beautiful, poignant, bittersweet, wonderful trip. I was a child in the ‘60’s and grew up alongside I-95, and our family traveled each summer from Philadelphia, PA to Fayetteville, NC. Though I’d never heard of the green Book until about (5) years ago, the accounts you’ve featured ring true. Mr. Hall’s mellifluous voice and knowledge blow my mind. Can’t wait for the next podcast!

This podcast pays homage to our ancestors and those who still remember a time where blacks and other people of color had to be intentional and thoughtful about their travels. The experiences shared may leave some listeners sad and angry, but for me I have a deeper sense of community, strength, resilience, and perseverance. I am proud to be black.

I am on episode 3 of Driving the Green Book. I really am enjoying and learning so much on this ride. It’s so enlightening and gives listeners such a sense of connection. I am excited for this journey. even my 11 year son, listens in and has been captured by these true events that have taken place not that long ago.

Alvin - thank you for this gift. Thank you and your team for being a vehicle (yes pun) for keeping these culturally significant stories strong. I was grateful to listen after all the episodes had been released. Though I binged them, they fed my loins like one of mama’s slow cooked pot of greens. This series captured our history, humanity, dignity and pride and packaged it into a shoebox lunch for each of us to savor. Many of the stories and voices here shed light on our people’s culture and customs and why we move just the way we do. They acknowledge the cruelty our elders and ancestors faced yet victoriously lift our resilience and resolve to survive, knowing our children would see better days. As a cultural historian/ activist born in the south and raised in Iowa, this took me back to so many family road trips to Texas. Though the Green book was no longer printed by the time I was born, this podcast beautifully spins it’s symbolism to encompass our collective cultural safety nets, answers questions I didn’t know I had, and will continue to fuel my conversation and my work. Blessings! ~ Betty C. Andrews

I know people who still use The Green Book. With all the white supremacists, especially those made known during the Trump administration, it is still needed and works to keep people safe. It’s a shame it’s needed. Listen to this podcast and understand what African Americans have gone through and pay attention to how it still affects people today.

I love the combination of narration and oral history. The subject matter is compelling & the podcast is so well produced.

I eagerly awaited each and every episode and was always happy Id listened and learned something new. I often found myself searching the web to learn more after the episodes finished. Well Done!

For those of you involved with this podcast, thank you. Thank you for your outstanding efforts to keep history alive!

As a 60-year-old white woman in America. I just want to tell you what a truly inspiring story. I grew up in a prejudiced America. It was scary, painful and truly immoral. It was also wonderful life. I was truly fortunate to have a mother that was unbiased and not prejudiced at all. I was not so lucky on the father end. Stories like this I feel help to understand the struggle of the black lives as they face life today .

It’s hard to sum up this podcast in a just a few words, but I will start with this: listen to it, it is very good. This series shines a probing light on some of the realities of life as a Black American during segregation and how the weight of those experiences still shapes Black culture and identity. It successfully manages to look a dark period of our history square in the eye and yet come away with a message of optimism and celebrate the tenacity, creativity, and fortitude of a people experiencing great hardships. Some of the stories will make you smile or even laugh, others will make your heart ache. The historical background puts these accounts into context and deepens their impact. The script is exceedingly well written, the editing and pacing are solid. If there is any fault at all, it would be that the narrator is a little over precise in his speech patterns when reading the script, making for an odd cadence, but this is a minor issue that is easily made up for by his skill as an interlocutor. The empathy and connection he is able to bring to the interviews is phenomenally deep and vibrant. Don’t be put off by it, your patience will be amply rewarded.

I’m from Louisville KY, lived in Cincinnati for several years as well and I LOVED hearing about some of the history of both of these cities via this podcast. Great work!!

This podcast is an absolute audio feast. I truly feel as if I am on the journey with the hosts. I remember my father talking about the Green Book and I still hope that I will recover an original copy from his keepsakes one day. To hear these personal narratives from people who experienced the traumas that made the Green Book necessary is something I won’t forget. I hope this podcast series will make it’s way to the NMAAHC. Outstanding!

I knew that the Green Book existed but that was about the extent of my knowledge. This podcast opened my eyes to the shameful way Blacks were (and are) treated in America. Most of all, though, I was heartened by the stories of resilience and success in the face of oppression.

You can see it in the reviews saying “please stop making podcasts about things that make me feel guilty. Talk about something uplifting instead”. Thank you for making this podcast. Thank you for speaking of the incredibly embarrassing ways we have acted towards black people in the past and today. Thank you for making me feel uncomfortable. I know some people listened to this podcast expecting it to be like the movie about the Green Book. They expected a “but not ALL white people are bad” narrative and that’s not what you’re going to get here. This podcast speaks about the experiences of black people in a frank, matter-of-fact way, it is not offensive or finger-pointing in any way, but it is absolutely not framed in a way to protect delicate white egos. I wasn’t alive in the 50s and 60s. I like think I would have been a “better” white person, but ultimately it doesn’t matter. This is what happened, this is what black people went through, and they have absolutely no obligation to try to make us feel less guilty about it. White people- listen to this podcast, accept that this is our history, and pledge to do better.

I look forward to each episode. Although I am in my 60s I knew of the book but never saw one. I asked my 87 yr old mother and she was unaware as well. However the story telling and historical insight about the great migration is exceptional. I have learned so much and it has added rich text to my own family history and made sense of the movement and travels of my relatives. Additionally I love the accompanying music. Thank for this wonderful podcast.

I grew up in Maryland in the late 60’s and early to mid 70’s and thought how we traveled: leaving in the early morning hours, using the restroom before getting on the road, and packing food and beverages was the “way” of travel, not being aware that this is how black folks had to travel....thank you for filling in the blanks and helping me understand the why’s of how we traveled, behind our road trips.

Jenee is amazing too. I heard them both interviewed on the Stuff You Missed in History Class podcast. I don’t think we could ever get enough of hearing these stories and voices and histories. Wish I coulda been in the backseat of their car.

Glad I saw you mentioned on PBS. Your podcast needs to be heard by all those people who act like BLM is a negative thing, and who just don’t understand the role history plays in our every day lives. Wishing you continued success.

This podcast is better than a movie. I’m surprised at how good it genuinely is. You get entertained and educated all at once. I love it.

Thank you for taking an amazing trip into the past to enlighten us. Born and raised in California, I had never heard of the Green Book. As a white person, maybe not surprising, however I have been interested in Black history for many years. Still learning🙂.

This is fascinating, this Black History is most important to know about. I look forward to all the personal accounts. Although I know Black people were turned away from hotels and restaurants in the 80’s and 90’s it still is maddening to hear these accounts. Keep going important, important voices to hear.

The host doesn’t add anything to the discussion. He repeats what his interviewees have just said, as if I’m too dumb to understand a boycott.

Lovely anecdotal stories. Not much on the history of the places in the actual book. Still a good listen though!

The stories and the story teller, Alvin Hall, are great and enlighten anyone who listens. I’ve suggested this podcast to all my friends.

Following the explosion of discussion of sundown towns and the green book, I discovered this podcast. Such an interesting exploration of a great topic. This podcast makes me wish I was still teaching high school history. This would definitely make it into my modern history class. Extremely informative. Definitely worth the listen. ~ Dion M., Host, Off The Beaten Podcast

This a wonderful history lesson in how Blacks during segregation were able to find work arounds for any obstacle in their way. Traveling while black back then could be a dangerous without a guide. It is important to have these stories recorded because history does repeat itself if we’re not careful.Also there are many important lessons from history that we can apply to our present.

This a podcast full of rich and powerful stories of the myriad ways in which Black peoples have thrived in the face of so many efforts to extinguish our collective life. Through the lens of the green book we see so many aspects of Black life—family, faith, community-building, entrepreneurship, etc. I can’t wait to listen to more!

I have listened to the first 3 episodes and, my goodness, the “life” experiences and the Green Book itself come alive in the words of both narrator and guests. From the sage voice of Frank to the curator at the Schomberg, the listener is led on a visual journey across the miles...thank you to the production team and folks that shared their bold, humorous, and relevant stories with us.

I have a few more things to work on the app but I’m just not going home now I have time tomorrow night and I’m not

Thank you for this podcast. It’s informative, transformative, and so rich with history. I love to hear these stories

Somehow it’s positive and uplifting, even though the subject is a sad reminder of our recent past (and ongoing reality).

I love our history & finding this great Podcast has been a joy for me. Thank you so much for your informative story telling!🖤

I salute those of you that are doing this work. Thank you all!

I was memorized. Loved it

Learning about the lived experiences impacted by Hugo and Alma Greene. We find the impact is still with us. An excellent example of a compassionate entrepreneurship.

Fascinating and informative interviews and facts regarding a part of history that is glossed over way too often. I am from rural Minnesota and am sad to say my exposure to African American History is almost nonexistent. Thank you for putting heart and soul into this! Keep up the great work!!!

These stories are wonderful. Thank you for taking the time to find them and the wonderful people telling them❤️

Keep up the good work. Thorough and thoughtful this aspect of history seems so vital to our identities; needed to understand a past historical landscape. Thanx

Alvin Hall does a great job interweaving past history and anecdotes from Black people who still are experiencing echoes of Jim Crow in their lives today. Looking forward to future episodes.

I’ve listened only to the first episode and I’m already totally hooked. This podcast series uncovers an entire world little known to most of us. It’s also beautifully written and produced. Can’t wait to hear more.

I’m Asian American - born and raised in a Mesa, AZ. I was never taught in school this type of history, which I now feel robbed. To hear this podcast and people that used it is such an eye opener to American history that many of us were never taught. Our history is so whitewashed.

Heard about Driving the Greenbook on a episode of While Black and got inspired, I think I need to do some traveling.

This is such a wonderful podcast. It made me cry and it’s so informative. The hosts are absolutely fantastic. I can’t wait for other episodes to come out.

This podcast hit me to the core. My parents had a Green Book. It was so enlightening when you realize how they protected us as children and made everything seem normal. This amazing look back not only informs the struggles and challenges that Black folks dealt with continually, but also their ingenuity, Drive, fortitude, resistance, and resiliency, to make the best of life in a dangerous place, while striving to make it better for us. Will we need a NEW “Green Book”? Time will tell... Kudos to the creators and THANKS to Victor Hugo and Alma Green.