The Negro motorist green-book
Edition
1940 facsimile edition.
Publication Information
[Minooka, Ill.?] : Snowball Publishing, [2017]
Physical Description
48 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Summary
"In the segregated US of the mid-twentieth century, African-American travelers could have a hard time finding towns where they were legally allowed to stay at night, and hotels, restaurants, and service stations willing to serve them. In 1936, Victor Hugo Green published the first annual volume of The Negro Motorist Green-Book, later renamed The Negro Travelers' Green Book. This facsimile of the 1940 edition brings you all the listings, articles, and advertisements aimed at the Black travelers trying to find their way across a country where they were so rarely welcome."--Publisher's description.
Subjects
- African Americans > Travel > United States.
- Automobile travel > United States > Guidebooks.
- African Americans > Recreation > Guidebooks.
- Restaurants > United States > Directories.
- Bars (Drinking establishments) > United States > Directories.
- Hotels > United States > Directories.
- United States > Race relations > 20th century.