Then, the Negro Motorist Green Book arrived. The book was a travel guide published from 1936 through the 1960s by New York ...

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 ...

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

By 1939 Green expanded the book from 16 to 48 pages and covered 44 states and the District of Columbia. Though other guides for Black travelers existed, none were as long as the Green Book.