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The green book was a travel guide just for black motorists. Finally, the travelers green book for 1963 through 1964 leads off with a stateby state listings of rights against jimcro jim crow segregation, plus it has guide. As our country gradually devolves back to a darker time, such a pamphlet was necessary for black citizens to use as a guide to travel safely on our nations. For nearly 30 years, a guide called the negro motorist green book provided african americans with advice on safe places to eat and sleep when they traveled through the jim crowera united states. The hugely popular guide book was published from 1936 to 1967, making it. The book primarily shows hotels and motels where black travelers could stay without being harassed in 1955, though other establishments are listed such as barber shops, restaurants, etc. For nearly 30 years, a guide called the negro motorist green book provided african americans with advice on safe places to eat and sleep. The green book was a travel guide just for black motorists 1940 book cover of the negromotorist green book, from the new york public library collection. 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. It was published in the united states from 1936 to 1966, during the jim crow era when discrimination against nonwhites was widespread. In response, green wrote his guide to services and places relatively friendly to africanamericans, eventually.

The negro motorist green book was an annual guidebook for africanamerican drivers which was commonly referred to simply as the green book. This is the green book movie fans want to africanamerican motorists the negro motorist green book, which had by 1959 switched titles to the negro travelers green book, was essential to safe driving in the legallysegregated nation under the jim crow laws. The negro travelers green book, spring 1956 by wendell p. The negro motorist green book also the negro motorist greenbook, the negro travelers green book, or simply the green book was an annual guidebook for africanamerican roadtrippers. This guide while lacking in many respects was accepted by thousands of travelers.

The green book, in full the negro motorist green book, the negro travelers green book, or the travelers green book, travel guide. Published between 1936 and 1967, the guide officially known as the negro motorist green book informed such travelers of where in america. Download digitized copies of the negro travelers green book, the. In 1936 the green book was only a local publication for metropolitan new york, the response for copies was so great it was turned into a national issue in 1937 to cover the united states.

With the introduction of this travel guide in 1936, it has been our idea to give the negro traveler. In 1936, he published the first edition of the negro motorist green book, a travel guide for new york city that listed businesses and private. In soul food junkies,filmmaker byron hurt briefly describes what it used to be like for african americans to travel in. In response, green wrote his guide to services and places relatively friendly to africanamericans. The negro motorist green book promised safer travel without embarrassment. How the green book helped africanamerican tourists navigate a. Rare the negro motorist green book 1946 guide to travel. Green book helped keep african americans safe on the.