The Negro Motorist Green Book Compendium
Discover the Negro Motorist Green Book Compendium, a collection of Victor H. Green's pioneering travel guides for African American motorists. From the 1930s through the 1960s, these editions mapped safe havens amid segregation, highlighting a crucial chapter in Black travel history and cultural endurance.
About This Book
The Negro Motorist Green Book Compendium gathers the original editions of Victor H. Green's travel guides, published from the 1930s to the 1960s.
These guides listed safe establishments like hotels, restaurants, and gas stations welcoming Black travelers in an era of widespread discrimination.
Compiled to honor Green's legacy, the compendium offers insight into the challenges and resilience of African American road trips.
It serves as an educational resource on mid-20th-century social history and mobility.
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