The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
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2019
0h 52m
7.7(62 votes)
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History
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Overview

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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Smithsonian Channel

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29 members
Directing

Yoruba Richen

Self - Narrator (voice)

Yoruba Richen
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Delbert Hunt

Green Book Excerpts Narrator (voice)

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Marquette Folley

Self - Smithsonian Institute Member

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Karen Allen Baxter

Self

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Jennifer Ivey

Self

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Henrie Monteith Treadwel

Self - Civil Rights Activist

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Murray Bishoff

Self - Journalist and Local Historian

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Jack George

Self - Pierce City Resident

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Jamon Jordan

Self - Local Historian

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Candacy Taylor

Self - Author

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Eric J. Lindsey

Self - Idlewild Resident

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Ronald J. Stephens

Self - Author

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Marilyn S. Taylor

Self - Idlewild Resident

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Betty Jean Foote

Self - Phil Giles' Wife

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Lois Perry

Self - Flamingo Bar Waitress

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Ron Handy

Self - Musician

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Elizabeth Calvin

Self - Alberta Ellis' Grandchild

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Irv Logan

Self - Alberta Ellis' Grandchild

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Brent Leggs

Self - NTHP Member

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Carol Jenkins

Self - Author

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Lena Horne

Self - Singer (archive footage)

Lena Horne
Acting

Duke Ellington

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Duke Ellington
Acting

Nat King Cole

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Nat King Cole
Acting

Modjeska Monteith Simkins

Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.
Acting

A. G. Gaston

Self - Businessman (archive footage)

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Ralph Abernathy

Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)

Ralph Abernathy
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Lyndon B. Johnson

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson
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Zephyr Wright

Self - LBJ's Cook (archive footage)

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