The Green Book's Road Trip: The Journey of a Black Travel Guide in the Post-Jim Crow South

Traveling across the United States was often a perilous journey for Black Americans in the post-Jim Crow era. Particularly for motorists traveling in the Deep South. Harlem-based postal carrier, Victor Hugo Green, was well aware of the dangers a segregated America presented Black travelers based on his occupation, prompting him to publish The Negro Moto…