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Lost LA
Coded Geographies
Season 2
Episode 5
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.
Lesson Plan: How did African Americans adapt to the challenge of traveling in the United States over time?
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