In an era of Jim Crow laws and “sundown towns,” communities that explicitly prohibited Black travelers from staying overnight, the “Green Book” offered critical, life-saving information and sanctuary. For Black people, the prejudice was severe: a systematic effort to deny their basic human rights.
The land was divided by segregation - through policy and through custom. Yet, in 20th-century America, this same road was a dangerous place for Black travelers. When the first “Green Book” was published, the American road was a metaphor for freedom: freedom to change your present situation, determine your destiny, and travel. “The Negro Motorist Green Book” guided Black Americans to thousands of businesses for over thirty years.
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