<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><!--StartFragment--><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Dear Michlib-L,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">NDL invites you to join us this Thursday, February 17 at 7 PM via zoom for a talk & presentation with Candacy Taylor, award-winning author, photographer, cultural documentarian and curator/content specialist for an exhibition that toured in 2020 by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES). She will discuss her book, <em>the Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America </em>(Abrams Books) and answer questions.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Event description:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><!--StartFragment--><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;">Published from 1936 to 1966, the Green Book was hailed as the “black travel guide to America.” At that time, it was very dangerous and difficult for African-Americans to travel because black travelers couldn’t eat, sleep, or buy gas at most white-owned businesses. The Green Book listed hotels, restaurants, gas stations, and other businesses that were safe for black travelers. It was a resourceful and innovative solution to a horrific problem. It took courage to be listed in the Green Book, and </span><a href="https://catalog.tln.lib.mi.us/?section=resource&resourceid=725492462¤tIndex=1&view=allCopiesDetailsTab" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(152, 7, 7); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" rel="noopener" data-mce-href="https://catalog.tln.lib.mi.us/?section=resource&resourceid=725492462¤tIndex=1&view=allCopiesDetailsTab" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: #980707; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">Overground Railroad</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;"> celebrates the stories of those who put their names in the book and stood up against segregation.</span></span><!--EndFragment--><div style="clear: both;" data-mce-style="clear: both;"><br></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;">Please register here: <a href="https://bit.ly/339Q4ih">https://bit.ly/339Q4ih</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;">We hope to see you then!</span></span></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__SIG_PRE__"><div>Katie Rothley, MLIS<br>Marketing & Public Relations Librarian<br>Northville District Library<br>212 West Cady Street<br>Northville, MI 48167</div><div>(248)<span style="color:#000000"> <span style="font-family:'helvetica' , 'verdana' , 'arial' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt">349-3020 ext. 221</span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:'helvetica' , 'verdana' , 'arial' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:'helvetica' , 'verdana' , 'arial' , sans-serif"><a href="https://northvillelibrary.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://northvillelibrary.org/</a></span></span></span></div></div></div></body></html>