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The Negro Motorist Green Book

Victor Hugo Green

1936-1966

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Traveling While Negro

In the days of Jim Crow segregation, the "Green Book" that listed locations friendly to black travelers was essential to many.

by Cynthia Tucker via The Bitter Southerner on January 8, 2019
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Traveling While Black

In 1936, Victor Green published a guide of restaurants, gas stations and lodgings that would accommodate African Americans travelling across the country.

via BackStory on June 1, 2018

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Racism on the Road

In 1963, after Sam Cooke was turned away from a hotel in Shreveport, Louisiana, because he was black, he wrote “A Change Is Gonna Come.” He was right.

by Sarah A. Seo via New York Review of Books on July 23, 2020

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