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   What was the purpose of the Negro motorist Green Book?

   • The Negro Motorist Green Book, popularly known as the Green Book, was a travel guide intended to help African American motorists avoid social obstacles prevalent during the period of racial segregation, commonly referred to as Jim Crow . The Green Book listed businesses that would accept African American customers.

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   Who wrote the Negro motorist Green Book?

   • The Negro Motorist Green Book (also, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, or Green-Book) was a guidebook for African American roadtrippers. It was founded by Victor Hugo Green, an African American, New York City postal worker who published it annually from 1936 to 1966.

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   What was the Green Book?

   • The Green Book, travel guide published (1936–67) during the segregation era in the U.S. that identified businesses that would accept Black customers. Compiled by Victor Hugo Green, a Black postman, it helped make travel comfortable and safe for African Americans in the period before the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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   Who are Jack and Martha in the Negro motorist Green Book?

   • Set in 1961, Jack and Martha, a young, African American couple, are driving across the country heading to a new life in California. Jack, a Korean War Vet, and Monique, his heavily pregnant wife use the travel guide "The Negro Motorist Green Book".

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   The Negro Motorist Green Book was one of the best known of the African American travel guides. It was conceived in 1932 and first published in 1936 by Victor Hugo Green, a World War I veteran from New York City who worked as a mail carrier and later as a travel agent.

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   The Green Book, travel guide published (1936–67) during the segregation era in the U.S. that identified businesses that would accept Black customers. Compiled by Victor Hugo Green, a Black postman, it helped make travel comfortable and safe for African Americans in the period before the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

4. americanhistory.si.edu › explore › storiesAn atlas of self-reliance: The Negro Motorist's Green Book ...

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   To avoid these dangers, the Negro Motorist's Green Book offered to help black motorists travel safely across a landscape partitioned by segregation and scarred by lynching. Published in Harlem by Victor and Alma Green, it came out annually from 1937-1964.

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   May 18, 2024 · The Negro Motorist Green Book, popularly known as the Green Book, was a travel guide intended to help African American motorists avoid social obstacles prevalent during the period of racial segregation, commonly referred to as Jim Crow. The Green Book listed businesses that would accept African American customers.

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   The Negro Motorist Green Book, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in collaboration with award-winning author, photographer and cultural documentarian, Candacy Taylor, offers an immersive look at the reality of travel for African Americans in mid-century America and how the annual guide ...

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   If you were Black, the prejudice was severe: a systematic effort to deny access to your basic human rights. The landmark 1896 Supreme Court decision, Plessy v. Ferguson, created a legal precedent for the separation of Americans by race.

9. www.vox.com › culture › 2019/2/22A new documentary shows how the real Green Book helped ... - Vox

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   Feb 22, 2019 · A new documentary, The Green Book: Guide to Freedom, looks at how the historic travel guide helped black motorists. by P.R. Lockhart. Updated Feb 25, 2019, 11:13 AM PST. From the 1930s...