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Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Green and His Green Book

Alleanna Harris

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Hungry? Check the Green Book.
Tired? Check the Green Book.
Sick? Check the Green Book.

In the late 1930s when segregation was legal and Black Americans couldn't visit every establishment or travel everywhere they wanted to safely, a New Yorker named Victor Hugo Green decided to do something about it. Green wrote and published a guide that listed places where his fellow Black Americans could be safe in New York City. The guide sold like hot cakes! Soon customers started asking Green to make a guide to help them travel and vacation safely across the nation too. With the help of his mail carrier co-workers and the African American business community, Green's guide allowed millions of African Americans to travel safely and enjoy traveling across the nation.

In the first picture book about the creation and distribution of The Green Book, author Keila Dawson and illustrator Alleanna Harris tell the story of the man behind it and how this travel guide opened the road for a safer, more equitable America.

Language: English

Pages: 40

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Beaming Books

Release: January 26, 2021

ISBN: 1506467911

ISBN 13: 9781506467917

Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Green and His Green Book

Alleanna Harris

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Hungry? Check the Green Book.
Tired? Check the Green Book.
Sick? Check the Green Book.

In the late 1930s when segregation was legal and Black Americans couldn't visit every establishment or travel everywhere they wanted to safely, a New Yorker named Victor Hugo Green decided to do something about it. Green wrote and published a guide that listed places where his fellow Black Americans could be safe in New York City. The guide sold like hot cakes! Soon customers started asking Green to make a guide to help them travel and vacation safely across the nation too. With the help of his mail carrier co-workers and the African American business community, Green's guide allowed millions of African Americans to travel safely and enjoy traveling across the nation.

In the first picture book about the creation and distribution of The Green Book, author Keila Dawson and illustrator Alleanna Harris tell the story of the man behind it and how this travel guide opened the road for a safer, more equitable America.

Language: English

Pages: 40

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Beaming Books

Release: January 26, 2021

ISBN: 1506467911

ISBN 13: 9781506467917

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