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"During the height of segregation and Jim Crow, many African Americans owned copies of the "Negro Motorist Green Book," a guide that informed travelers of the safest places to eat, sleep or get a haircut when on the open road. The book was first published in 1936 by a Harlem postal worker, and it continued to be released in updated and expanded editions until the mid-1960s and the passage of the Civil Rights Act."

"Driverless cars appear unstoppable - except of course you can simply walk in front of one and force it to brake. Could this conundrum eventually mean a return to a dystopian world of segregated urban highways?"

"Internal memo flagged 'musicians, beggars and gays' as problem groups needing extra vigilance when checking tickets"