DIGITAL GREEN BOOK

• Confirm lodging, meals, fuel or charging, restrooms, operating hours and late-arrival arrangements directly with the provider.
• Check accessible entrances, transport options, current closures and weather. Identify another stop if your plans change.
• Keep key addresses and contacts available offline. Share your route and expected return with someone you trust.
• Separate a provider's own claims, a dated visitor experience and independently documented information.

National Park Service trip-planning guide (opens a new tab) includes park alerts, backup plans and a trusted-contact trip plan. Check the specific destination before leaving.

For work, consider travel to the job, after-hours arrangements, reported racial harassment and available independent help. For recreation, check access rules, return transport, accessibility and current advisories.

When researching a place to live, compare dated evidence about racial intimidation or violence, housing-discrimination resources, local Black community institutions and practical emergency support. Ask what period and area a report covers, which agencies supplied data and what information is missing. A low reported count does not establish that no risk exists. We do not rate a place by its racial makeup.

• EEOC workplace-harassment guidance (opens a new tab)
• HUD housing-discrimination reporting information (opens a new tab)
• FBI hate-crime statistics and reporting scope (opens a new tab)

During segregation, some communities excluded Black people after dark through rules, threats or violence. The National Park Service discusses this historical danger in its account of the Green Book. Historical labels describe a documented period; they do not establish a place's present conditions.

Read the NPS historical context (opens a new tab). For any place-specific entry, identify the location, period, source and evidence status. Keep historical evidence separate from current reports.

Concerning incidents and deaths deserve careful, respectful documentation. For a case entry, distinguish verified facts, official findings, documented family or attorney concerns, and unanswered questions. Attribute allegations and show when an investigation or finding changes. A reported hanging alone does not establish cause, criminal responsibility or racial motive.

Selected historical public records and a place-research worksheet follow below; this is not a complete case list or a safe-place ranking. We will not fill missing evidence with speculation or dismiss documented concerns because a case is disputed.

DOJ hate-crime and incident reporting resources (opens a new tab). NBWSAA's community input is not an emergency service.

Compare the same area and period using several sources. Keep your notes privately and record when you checked each source. Population makeup is not a safety measure.

• Location and purpose: name the city and neighborhood, the dates, and whether you are visiting, working or considering a home.
• Reported incidents: check the FBI hate-crime data and reporting explanation. Record the reporting agency, year, coverage and missing data. Different reporting participation can distort comparisons; no report is not proof of no risk.
• Current local conditions: check official alerts, operating hours, transportation and emergency arrangements for the actual destination. A historical record does not establish current conditions.
• Community support: identify local Black community institutions and practical contacts using the existing directory. Ask directly about current services, hours and eligibility.
• Housing concerns: use HUD's housing-discrimination reporting information when relevant. The source explains its own process and timing; an NBWSAA submission is not a HUD filing.
• Your conclusion: write what the evidence supports, what remains unknown, a backup plan and the date to check again. Do not turn incomplete reports into a safe/unsafe label.

Record fields: place | purpose | period | source and publication date | finding | reporting limits | checked date | next review. This is a research worksheet, not a ranking or a guarantee.

Period: twentieth-century exclusion; city acknowledgment adopted September 15, 2020. Glendale Library, Arts & Culture's ReflectSpace exhibit explains that city and library archives supported a report and resolution acknowledging the city's sundown-town history.

Evidence status: institutional historical interpretation and a recorded city acknowledgment. Read the City of Glendale library exhibit and its source trail. No images or archival materials are reproduced here.

What it means today: this establishes documented history and acknowledgment. It does not establish present-day safety, current racial hostility, or that all residents share any view. Use the place-research worksheet for current conditions and practical support.

Record checked October 22, 2026. Historical record, not a current safety assessment. Next editorial review October 29, 2026, or when the cited source changes.

Confirmed event and official finding: Robert Fuller was found dead in Palmdale on June 10, 2020. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's July 9, 2020 release identifies hanging as the cause and suicide as the certified manner of death. Read the county's dated finding, case 2020-05108.

Documented family concern: TIME's June 17, 2020 report described the family's request for further investigation and the sister's disagreement with the initial suicide explanation. Read that earlier reporting. It predates the July finding; its pending-investigation language must not be presented as the current official status.

Evidence limits: a family concern and an official finding are different kinds of evidence. These sources do not establish homicide or racial motive. This dated record does not classify Palmdale's current safety or establish a pattern across cases. No graphic imagery or private medical details are reproduced.

Sources read October 22, 2026; official finding cited is July 9, 2020. This is one historical public-record example, not a complete case database or a new investigation. Next editorial review October 29, 2026, or when a later authoritative record is identified.

• Water: Plan for one gallon per person each day for drinking and sanitation, with supplies for several days.
• Food: Nonperishable food your household can eat and a manual can opener.
• Light and information: Flashlights, spare batteries, a battery-powered radio and a NOAA Weather Radio with alerts.
• Basic care and personal needs: First aid and hygiene supplies, wipes, waste bags, medicines, glasses, infant items and pet supplies as needed.
• Important items: Paper contacts, local maps, some cash and essential document copies in a portable waterproof container.
• Warmth: Suitable clothing, sturdy shoes and blankets for your climate.

Tailor the full Ready.gov kit guidance and Michigan emergency kit checklist to your household and local instructions.

Check what you already have and list missing items. Add a few needed supplies during regular shopping. Choose familiar shelf-stable food, use older supplies first and replace what you use. Keep supplies together and portable essentials ready if you must leave. Review when needs change and before severe weather season; test lights and radios.

Next step: Write household size, dietary and access needs, pet needs, storage space and an affordable shopping amount. Make a missing-items list and complete one manageable step.

Write how to reach one another, where to meet if separated and who outside the area can relay messages. Plan for communication, mobility and transportation needs. Discuss what to do if phones or power are unavailable. Follow local alerts and evacuation instructions.

Prepare a separate map-and-directions packet for each meeting place, out-of-area gathering place or evacuation destination in your household plan. Use the existing Family Trip Planner above for printing and storage steps. Keep the actual map with written directions, a current road atlas and private household contacts; follow current official evacuation instructions.

Use Ready.gov Make a Plan.

A small readiness circle can include neighbors, relatives, a congregation or a community organization. Agree on reliable alerts, kits and check-ins. Choose a coordinator and backup; make a voluntary contact chain. Include language, disability, transport, children and pets. Keep contact details within the consenting group, practice a check-in and agree how to update the plan.

The Austin neighborhood guide offers a public planning example. Use your own locality's hazard instructions.

Ask a local Black organization, faith community or neighborhood association about existing activities. Confirm who runs them, accessibility, time, costs and coordination with local officials. Ask your city or county emergency manager through its official government website about CERT classes. A neighborhood circle is not automatically a CERT team; keep activities within the training members have completed. The IS-317.A online introduction does not replace local CERT Basic classroom training.

Choose Red Cross household basics, older-adult preparedness or Washington's Prepare in a Year. While seated, keep notes and write one question or manageable next step. Reading does not enroll you in a group or provide a training credential.