Driving the Green Book : : a Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
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Introduction -- The Green Book inventory : a man of a millions journeys -- The American highway : open road, open mind -- Visiting home : return from the Great Migration -- Jim Crow laws : slavery by another name -- Getting down to business : growing with the Black customer -- The magic hour : packing up and the protective dance -- Little Harlems : Black havens in the era of The Green Book -- Summer retreats : away from the white gaze -- We lived it -- The Green Book's legacy : doing what I can, where I am.
An award-winning broadcaster and educator presents his experiences following the path of African Americans who traveled the country during the age of segregation using The Green Book, a guide which helped Black people travel safely.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers [2023]
Year Published: 2023
Description: 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780063271968
0063271966
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Weber, Karl,
SUBJECTS
Hall, Alvin D. -- Travel -- United States.
Negro travelers' green book.
African Americans -- History -- United States -- 20th century.
African Americans -- History -- 20th century.
Automobile travel -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.