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The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1940 Facsimile Edition

by Victor H. Green

A 1940 travel guide in its historical setting

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A 1940 travel guide in its historical setting

This facsimile preserves the 1940 edition of Victor H. Green’s annual guide for Black travelers in the segregated United States. Its listings, articles, and advertisements document practical travel needs in a country where finding lodging, restaurants, and service stations willing to serve African-American visitors could be difficult. The book offers a period snapshot of the resources presented to travelers navigating those conditions, while also recording the barriers that shaped travel. As a reproduced guide, it brings together both its service information and its contemporary advertising and editorial material.

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Readers interested in African-American history and travel during segregation.
Researchers or collectors seeking a facsimile of a 1940 travel guide.
Readers exploring historical travel resources and Black-owned or Black-serving businesses.

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African-American travelSegregation and accessHistorical travel guidesAdvertisements and services

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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.Also available: The Negro Travelers' Green Book: 1954 Facsimile Edition

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