"Thank you for making the invisible, visible."
- Gloria Steinem quote about Candacy Taylor’s projects.
OVERGROUND RAILROAD
CHUCK D - PUBLIC ENEMY
AWARDS
Schomburg Center Black Liberation Reading List- Overground Railroad
The National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar Award- The Negro Motorist Green Book, 2017-2018
The Hutchins Fellowship at Harvard University - Sites of Sanctuary: The Negro Motorist Green Book, 1/2017-6/2017
The Schomburg Scholar-in-Residence Fellowship - The Negro Motorist Green Book, 9/2016-12/2016
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) -The Negro Motorist Green Book, 7/2016-7/2017
The California Humanities -Sites of Sanctuary: The Negro Motorist Green Book, 11/2015-9/2016
The Graham Foundation -Documenting Sites of Sanctuary: The Negro Motorist Green Book, 05/2015-05/2016
LOS ANGELES TIMES - In scope and tone, “Overground Railroad” recalls Isabel Wilkerson’s “The Warmth of Other Suns.”
LOS ANGELES TIMES- A Practical Solution to a Horrific Problem
PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY - Notable African American Titles
OUTLOOK TRAVELLER (INDIA) - Books to Help Get You Through the Quaran-time
THRILLLIST - Books to Help Get You Through the Quaran-time
TIME - The Remarkable Black Businesswomen Who Found Success in Segregated America
TRAVEL + LEISURE - After 65 Years, the First African-American-owned Travel Agency Continues to Provide Travelers With Unique Experiences
THE NEW YORK TIMES - Top 11 Books We Recommend
NEWSWEEK- How the Green Book Saved Black Lives on the Road
COUNTER CULTURE PRESS (selected)
ABC/SONY TELEVISION BOOK OPTION & PILOT for Counter Culture
PHOTOGRAPHER'S FORUM - Cover & Feature
PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY - Counter Culture - Top 20 Indie List
FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY - National television appearance with Candacy Taylor and waitress
THE NEW YORKER - Feature photo essay
THE WALL ST. JOURNAL – Best In: “Counter Culture”
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES - Counter Culture exhibit made the top 10 list of things to see in the US
Los Angeles Times – “The Real Flos and Alices of the World"
USA Today – “Great Waitresses Are Always Counter-Intuitive”
Jezebel Blog – “Today’s Special”
The Connecticut Post - “Counter Culture
AARP The Magazine - “More Coffee Hon?”
New York Times - Taylor mentioned in “Waitress" film review.
The North Bay Bohemian – “Waiting in the USA – Artist Candacy Taylor give Flo an American Face”
Orange County Register – “Waitress Finds Fulfillment on Many Levels”
KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Gerontology Conference
Gastronomica - “Counter Culture”
To The Best of Our Knowledge - Public Radio International (PRI): – Welcome to the Working Week
Ms. Magazine - Feature article submitted
by Gloria Steinem
AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: Weekend America – “Counter Culture” 3 radio documentaires
Citizen Reader - “What’ll you have?”
Everyday with Rachel Ray – “You’ve been served.”
BBC Radio “American Diners.”
BUST MAGAZINE – “Counter Culture”
Roadside Magazine – “She Takes Care of Me”
San Francisco Chronicle - Full Front Page Article - Art Section “Ladies in Waiting"
AARP Bulletin - “Service With a Smile”
AARP: Prime Time Radio - “Counter Culture”
Kentucky Oral History Commission – Counter Culture, 3/2005 -3/2006
California Council for the Humanities – Counter Culture, 10/2004 -10/2005
VIDEO/TELEVISION
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC - Mapping the Green Book
CBS SUNDAY MORNING - Traveling With the Green Book
ASSERTION FILMS / KATRINA PARKS - The Negro Motorist Green Book
PBS NEWSHOUR - A resurgence for the ‘Mother Road’: revitalizing Route 66
VICELAND TV - Abandoned, Route 66
THE ATLANTIC - The Roots of Route 66
AARP - Top 5 List
AFAR - Book Club-Must Read Books
ASSOCIATED PRESS - BIG STORY - Writer Highlights Route 66 Safe Havens for Black Travelers
NASHVILLE SCENE - A Blunt Force Reality Check
BOOK PAGE - Starred Review
BOOK FORUM - Green Miles
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH - Overground Railroad
CONDE NAST - Retracing the Green Book
DESIGN OBSERVER - STEVEN HELLER - A Travel Guide Just for Black Americans
THE ECONOMIST - When’s America’s Road Wasn’t Open to All
FLORIDA WEEKLY - Overground Railroad
THE GUARDIAN UK - Route 66’s legacy of racial segregation
THE HILL - Women’s History Month list
IDAHO STATESMAN - The Green Book as a History Lesson as the Black Experience in 20th Century America
LENA DUNHAM'S LENNY LETTER - How the Green Book Saved Black Lives on the Road
LIBRARY JOURNAL - Overground Railroad
LIT HUB - The Safe Havens and No-Go Zones for 20th-Century Black American Travelers
NAACP - Antiracist Reading List
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC - 10 Books by women that will take you on epic adventures
RADIO
ALL SIDES (WOSU) -The Green Book and Black Travel in America
BOISE STATE PUBLIC RADIO -Overground Railroad
BOOK TALK - Overground Railroad
CBC RADIO - Los Angeles campaign to preserve historic "Negro Travelers' Green Book" sites
KCRW GOOD FOOD - Preserving Green Book Sites
WNYC - Preserving Green Book Sites
AMERICAN ROOTS
KCET - ArtBound - Waitress Anthropologist Candacy Taylor Goes Beyond ‘the Counter’
The San Francisco Arts Commission – American Roots, 2/2010-2/2011
The California Council for the Humanities – American Roots, 10/2009-10/2010
Library of Congress–The American Folklife Center, Archie Green Fellowship. American Roots, 6/2012-6/2013