Opening the Road - Victor Hugo Green and His Green Book (Hardcover)

"""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 tell the story of the man behind it and how this travel guide opened the road for a safer, more equitable America."

General

Imprint:	Fortress Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2021
Authors:	Dawson, Keila V. • Harris, Alleanna
Dimensions:	227 x 262 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	40
ISBN-13:	978-1-5064-6791-7
Categories:	Books > Children's & Educational > Life skills & personal awareness, general studies > Personal awareness: family, relationship & social issues > Racism, sexism & prejudice Books > Children's Fiction & Fun Promotions
LSN:	1-5064-6791-1
Barcode:	9781506467917

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