The “American Travelers Guide to Negro Monuments” was published by American Oil Company also known as AMOCO, in 1963. AMOCO described it as a “guide to historical sites… that are usually not mentioned in conventional guidebooks…not often included in ordinary textbooks… and [AMOCO’s] contribution to the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation”
Image 1: cover of American Travelers Guide to Negro Monuments
Image 2: Points of interest and portion of U.S. map
Image 3: page detailing Matthew Henson site in Maryland + Morgan State College’s (now Morgan State University) archival holdings of Henson, Benjamin Banneker, and Frederick Douglass artifacts
