Follow Ella Mae Johnson as she travels from Birmingham into Mississippi in 1957, verifying listings for The Negro Motorist Green Book while uncovering unanswered questions about a former field worker’s final journey. This historical fiction classroom reader set explores Black automobile travel under Jim Crow, women’s mobility and independence, community information networks, and the challenge of separating evidence from assumption.
Includes the illustrated eight-chapter reader, Student Historical Reading Companion, and START HERE guide. Designed for Grades 8–12 and suitable for independent reading, whole-class study, literature circles, history-English collaboration, and flexible assessment.