- Lost LA
Coded Geographies
Two underground guidebooks reveal the hidden geographies many Angelenos had to navigate.
What if the stories L.A. told about itself relegated you to the margins? This episode explores two underground guidebooks -- The Negro Travelers' Green Book and The Address Book -- that reveal the hidden geographies many Angelenos had to navigate, exposing Los Angeles as a place of coded segregation and resistance.
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Segregation in the City of Angels: A 1939 Map of Housing Inequality in L.A. (Article)
A Guide to Gay Los Angeles, 1965 (Article)
The 'Green Book' Guided Black Travelers Through Jim Crow America (And to L.A.) (Article)
The Green Book (Curriculum)
South Central Civic Action (Curriculum)
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The 'Green Book' (Clip)
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The Address Book (Clip)
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