Then, the Negro Motorist Green Book arrived. The book was a travel guide published from 1936 through the 1960s by New York City mailman Victor Hugo Green. It listed businesses including stays that ...

“The Negro Motorist Green Book” is an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) (https://negromotoristgreenbook.si.edu/) in collaboration with ...

That was the simple goal stated by Victor H. Green, the creator of The Negro Motorist Green Book (today commonly called The Green Book). He launched the publication in 1936, a time of segregation ...

That’s why, during an era of segregation, “The Negro Motorist Green Book” became a vital tool to help prevent dangerous, difficult and uncomfortable situations for Black travelers across the ...

Victor Hugo Green, the creator of the Green Book, was born in New York City in 1892. He moved to Harlem in 1933 and began managing Robert Duke, his brother-in-law and a touring musician ...

Registrations are due by Wednesday. Bochy said he will focus on the 1940 edition of the Green Book, then known as the Negro Motorist Green Book. Its hundreds of listings covered 44 states ...