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the Green Book, travel guide published (1936–67) during the segregation era in the United States that identified businesses that would accept African American customers.
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.
Victor H. Green, a 44-year-old black postal carrier in Harlem, relied on his own experiences and on recommendations from black members of his postal service union for the inaugural guide...
Feb 6, 2017 · First published in 1936, the Green Book was the brainchild of a Harlem-based postal carrier named Victor Hugo Green. Like most Africans Americans in the mid-20th century, Green had grown...
Feb 21, 2021 · The Green Book – named after its creator, not the color of its covers – was pocket-sized, about 5 by 7 inches, and published nearly every year from 1937 to 1966. The guide was an indispensable...
Green Book is a 2018 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Peter Farrelly. Starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali , the film is inspired by the true story of a 1962 tour of the Deep South by African American pianist Don Shirley and Italian American bouncer and later actor Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga , who served as Shirley's ...
guided Black Americans to thousands. of businesses for over thirty years. When the first Green Book was published, the American road was a metaphor for freedom. Yet, in 20th century America, this same road. was a dangerous place for Black citizens. The land was divided by segregation—through policy or through custom.
Thus, the Green Book was more than a travel guide; it also described two 20th-century African American geographies. The cover of the 1940 edition of the “Negro Motorist's Green Book.” At first glance, the Green Boo k maps the territorial limits of African American freedom.
Feb 25, 2019 · The Green Book was a travel guide that was first printed in 1936, in the era of segregation, listing restaurants, hotels, shops and gas stations that would serve African-Americans and...
Started in 1936 by Harlem postman Victor Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book was a guide published over three decades that helped African Americans travel the country safely, and with dignity, during a time of Jim Crow laws and segregation.
