When 1970 Boston College graduate John (Jack) Hanrahan and his wife traveled through the South to visit sites that were connected to important events in the country’s civil rights era, they found the most recent book on civil rights travel to be outdated and lacking. So Hanrahan, who graduated from BC with a bachelor’s degree in English, decided to write one of his own. Traveling Freedom’s Road: A Guide to Exploring Our Civil Rights History combines essential travel information with a narrative about the people and events that made this era such a critical part of American history. The book covers a dozen major destinations like Montgomery, Selma, Little Rock, Birmingham, and Memphis, and their museums, historic homes, churches, and other places of interest. Fourteen Southern states from Florida to Virginia and Texas are the main focus, while historic places germane to civil rights and African American history in 24 other states are also highlighted. Traveling Freedom’s Road shines a spotlight on many less-well-known individuals involved in the fight for civil rights, especially women such as Edna Griffin, Modjeska Simkins, and Ella Baker. Book profits go to Montgomery’s Equal Justice Initiative and the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville, where Hanrahan volunteers.