Opening the road, Victor Hugo Green and his green book
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Opening the road, Victor Hugo Green and his green book
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Opening the road
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Sub title
Victor Hugo Green and his green book
Summary
"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 tells the story of the man behind it and how this travel guide, opened the road for a safer, more equitable America
Target audience
juvenile
resource.variantTitle
Victor Hugo Green and his Green Book
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- African Americans + Social conditions -- 20th century
- African Americans + Segregation + History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Segregation + History -- 20th century
- Automobile travel -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African American automobile drivers + History -- 20th century
- Automobile travel -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Travel writers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Green, Victor H
- African American automobile drivers + History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Segregation in transportation -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Electronic books
- African American authors -- Biography
- Travel writers -- Biography
- Segregation in transportation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Travel + History -- 20th century
- African American authors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Travel + History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Green, Victor H. -- Juvenile literature
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- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Subject19
- African Americans + Social conditions -- 20th century
- African Americans + Segregation + History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Segregation + History -- 20th century
- Automobile travel -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African American automobile drivers + History -- 20th century
- Automobile travel -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Travel writers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Green, Victor H
- African American automobile drivers + History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Segregation in transportation -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Electronic books
- African American authors -- Biography
- Travel writers -- Biography
- Segregation in transportation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Travel + History -- 20th century
- African American authors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Travel + History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Green, Victor H. -- Juvenile literature
- Content1
- Author1