Candacy Taylor

Candacy Taylor is a  a writer, photographer, and cultural critic. She runs the Taylor Made Culture website and is the author of Counter Culture: The American Coffee Shop Waitress.

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  1. The Roots of Route 66

    America’s favorite highway usually evokes kitschy nostalgia. But for black Americans, the Mother Road’s lonely expanses were rife with danger.

    Candacy Taylor
    A Route 66-inspired collage featuring photos and illustrations of people and the Negro Motorist Green Book
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