# @ncrmuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CGGabpkoU54
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/20957846-ncrmuseum-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/64f9ebf7bc.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-10-08T23:00:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NatCivilRightsMuseum (@NCRMuseum) — https://gondola.cc/NCRMuseum

## Caption

In 1946, Nat King Cole recorded “Route 66,” a song celebrating what became known as America’s Highway. 🎶

Yet, the fantasy of “getting your kicks” on #Route66 was a dream reserved for White America. Roughly half of the 89 counties on Route 66 were sundown towns, all-white communities that banned black citizens after dark. 

See more in the #GreenBook exhibtion now open.

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## Tags

greenbook, route66

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