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Description:A traveler's guide book that includes listings for African American-owned and operated hotels, motels, tourist homes, and restaurants throughout the United States.The Negro Motorist Green Book was an annual guidebook for African-American drivers which was commonly referred to simply as the "Green Book". It was published in the United States from 1936 to 1966, during the Jim Crow era when discrimination against non-whites was widespread. African-American travelers faced a variety of dangers and inconveniences, ranging from white-owned businesses refusing to serve them (or repair their vehicles), to being refused accommodation or food, or even threats of physical violence and forcible expulsion from whites-only "sundown towns". New York mailman and travel agent Victor H. Green published The Negro Motorist Green Book to tackle such problems and "to give the Negro traveler information that will keep him from running into difficulties, embarrassments and to make his trip more enjoyable. From a New York-focused first edition published in 1936, it expanded to cover much of North America including most of the United States and part of Canada, Mexico and Bermuda. The Green Book became "the bible of black travel during Jim Crow", enabling black travelers to find lodgings, businesses and gas stations that would serve them along the road. Outside the African-American community, however, it was little known. It fell into obscurity after it ceased publication shortly after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed the types of racial discrimination that had made the book necessary. Interest in it has revived in recent years in connection with studies of black travel during the Jim Crow era.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Negro Travelers' Green Book, Spring 1956. To get started finding The Negro Travelers' Green Book, Spring 1956, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Victor H. Green & Co.

Release: 1956

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Description: A traveler's guide book that includes listings for African American-owned and operated hotels, motels, tourist homes, and restaurants throughout the United States.The Negro Motorist Green Book was an annual guidebook for African-American drivers which was commonly referred to simply as the "Green Book". It was published in the United States from 1936 to 1966, during the Jim Crow era when discrimination against non-whites was widespread. African-American travelers faced a variety of dangers and inconveniences, ranging from white-owned businesses refusing to serve them (or repair their vehicles), to being refused accommodation or food, or even threats of physical violence and forcible expulsion from whites-only "sundown towns". New York mailman and travel agent Victor H. Green published The Negro Motorist Green Book to tackle such problems and "to give the Negro traveler information that will keep him from running into difficulties, embarrassments and to make his trip more enjoyable. From a New York-focused first edition published in 1936, it expanded to cover much of North America including most of the United States and part of Canada, Mexico and Bermuda. The Green Book became "the bible of black travel during Jim Crow", enabling black travelers to find lodgings, businesses and gas stations that would serve them along the road. Outside the African-American community, however, it was little known. It fell into obscurity after it ceased publication shortly after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed the types of racial discrimination that had made the book necessary. Interest in it has revived in recent years in connection with studies of black travel during the Jim Crow era.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Negro Travelers' Green Book, Spring 1956. To get started finding The Negro Travelers' Green Book, Spring 1956, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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