The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The essential travel guide for a segregated America

February 25, 201952 min7.7EN
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe those regions of the United States where segregation and Jim Crow laws were disgracefully applied.

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Cast

Yoruba Richen
Yoruba RichenSelf - Narrator (voice)
Delbert Hunt
Delbert HuntGreen Book Excerpts Narrator (voice)
Marquette Folley
Marquette FolleySelf - Smithsonian Institute Member
Karen Allen Baxter
Karen Allen BaxterSelf
Jennifer Ivey
Jennifer IveySelf
Henrie Monteith Treadwel
Henrie Monteith TreadwelSelf - Civil Rights Activist
Murray Bishoff
Murray BishoffSelf - Journalist and Local Historian
Jack George
Jack GeorgeSelf - Pierce City Resident
Jamon Jordan
Jamon JordanSelf - Local Historian
Candacy Taylor
Candacy TaylorSelf - Author