Del. Jeion Ward and Mike Mullen: Why would a black traveler need a green book?

Feb 14, 2022 · 47m 37s
Del. Jeion Ward and Mike Mullen: Why would a black traveler need a green book?
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IN THE NEWS: The Senate approved legislation to codify Glenn Youngkin's executive order undermining school mask mandates. The House is expected to pass it quickly. It also rejected nominee Andrew...

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IN THE NEWS: The Senate approved legislation to codify Glenn Youngkin's executive order undermining school mask mandates. The House is expected to pass it quickly. It also rejected nominee Andrew Wheeler, Glenn Youngkin's choice for Secretary of Natural Resources. That move set off a cascade of partisan machinations that threaten to leave Wheeler in place for another year as a recess appointment.

INTERVIEW: Delegates Jeion Ward (D-Hampton) and Mike Mullen (D-Newport News) introduced legislation to honor sites listed in the "green book," a handbook for black travelers that showed them which sites were safe during the era of Jim Crow segregation. What kind of sites were featured, and why is it still important today?

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