4. What is the difference between a.. African Americans encountered severe obstacles and prejudice when traveling during the American era of segregation. These included limitations on where they could stay, eat, and use services. When African Americans traveled, they frequently slept in their cars on the side of the road, on the grass. They avoided white establishments at all costs. However, the Traveler's Green Book 1963–1964 was a tourist and motorist handbook for Black visitors. It was a compilation of the state of hotels, restrooms, and other enterprises that allowed Black people to use safe facilities around the country. With their three young kids, Leonard and Peggy Moore are traveling from Cleveland, Ohio, to Franklinton, Louisiana,