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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The essential travel guide for a segregated America

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Director
Yoruba Richen
Language
English
Released
2019-02-25
Runtime
52m

Community score

7.864 votes on TMDB

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6.6

The story

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.

Cast

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