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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1948 Facsimile Edition

The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1948 Facsimile Edition

Green, Victor H.

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Biographies GeneralBlack American History20th Century United States History

ISBN10: 1684225213
ISBN13: 9781684225217
Publisher: Martino Fine Books
Published: Jan 23 2021
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.21 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

2021 Reprint of 1948 Edition. The Negro Motorist Green Book was an annual guidebook for African American road trippers. It was originated and published by African American, New York City mailman Victor Hugo Green from 1936 to 1966, during the era of Jim Crow laws, when open and often legally prescribed discrimination against African Americans especially and other non-whites was widespread. Although pervasive racial discrimination and poverty limited black car ownership, the emerging African American middle class bought automobiles as soon as they could, though they faced a variety of dangers and inconveniences along the road, from refusal of food and lodging to arbitrary arrest. In response, Green wrote his guide to services and places relatively friendly to African Americans, eventually expanding its coverage from the New York area to much of North America, as well as founding a travel agency.

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