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The essential travel guide for a segregated America

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom(2019)

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe those regions of the United States where segregation and Jim Crow laws were disgracefully applied.

Aired:
February 25, 2019
Status:
Released
Rating:
7.7/10
(62 votes)
Production:
Impossible Factual
Smithsonian Channel