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For Black travelers driving across segregated America in the '40s, '50s and '60s, the Negro Motorist Green Book was more than a travel aid it was a guide for keeping them safe.
The Green Book named after its creator, not the color of its covers was pocket-sized, about 5 by 7 inches, and published nearly every year from 1937 to 1966.
The guide was an indispensable list of Black-friendly businesses essential to travel: hotels, restaurants, gas stations, garages and more.
"It was one of many things African Americans had to develop to survive a hostile environment," says Scot Brown, professor of African American Studies and history at the University of California-Los Angeles. "A modern-day equivalent could be a Black GPS."
https://www.pnj.com/in-depth/travel/2021/02/19/black-history-month-inside-green-book-travel-guide/4357851001/
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)Beachnutt
(7,189 posts)loved it.
electric_blue68
(14,622 posts)How terrble is it that Black people driving around The South had to have their own safety guide!
Baitball Blogger
(46,576 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,683 posts)When they would have to drive to get to a military base late 50s