Kapwani Kiwanga’s Greenbook (1961) series includes 52 works, each of which allude to the 1961 edition of the Negro Motorist Green Book. These books, which were printed annually from 1933 to 1966, served as a guidebook for African American roadtrippers, listing restaurants, service stations, and lodging throughout the United States that were known to be safe for travelers of color during the Jim Crow era. Kiwanga chose the 1961 edition, as it was that year that a group of civil rights activists, known as the Freedom Riders, rode interstate buses into the South to challenge the Southern standard of keeping public buses segregated after it had been ruled unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court. Police stood by while activists were viciously attacked by white mobs, then arrested and charged them with unlawful assembly and violation of state and local Jim Crow laws. Through this work the artist aims to illustrate the prevalent nature of discrimination in a simple yet powerful manner and to remind us of the racism and injustice that have been deep-rooted in American life. The aesthetics of this presentation, black and white lists in plain wooden frames, are deliberately subdued to let the content speak. Kiwanga movingly reminds us of that hateful climate, emphasizing that islands of decency were few and far between.