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Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance

by Alvin Hall

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Tracing the Green Book’s Routes Through Jim Crow America

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Tracing the Green Book’s Routes Through Jim Crow America

Alvin Hall uses the Negro Motorist Green Book as a framework for examining the risks Black motorists faced while traveling in the United States under Jim Crow. Published from 1936 to 1967, the guide listed places where travelers could eat, sleep, and stop with greater safety amid segregation, hostile policing, and the threat of violence. The book connects a road journey with the history carried by the locations and businesses that made travel possible for millions of people. It places the Green Book beyond its more recent screen references, centering its practical importance within a broader history of Black resistance and mobility.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

Readers interested in African American history and the Jim Crow era
Those seeking history centered on travel, segregation, and mobility
Readers curious about the historical Green Book beyond film and television references

Themes

Jim Crow segregationBlack travel and mobilityThe Negro Motorist Green BookRacial violence and safetyBlack resistance

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Join award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America's haunted racial past, with the legendary Green Book as your guide.

For countless Americans, the open road has long been a place where dangers lurk. In the era of Jim Crow, Black travelers experienced locked doors, hostile police, and potentially violent encounters almost everywhere, in both the South and the North. From 1936 to 1967, millions relied on The Negro Motorist Green Book, the definitive guide to businesses where they could safely rest, eat, or sleep.

Most Americans only know of the guide from the 2018 Green Book movie or the 2020 Lovecraft Country TV show. Alvin Hall set out to revisit the world of the Green Book to instruct us all on the real history of the guide that saved many lives. With his friend Jan

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