The Negro Motorist Green Book Travel Guide Original Paperback High Quality

Description: Menu Other Items Feedbacks About Us Contact Us Add To Favorites The Negro Motorist Green Book Travel Guide Original Paperback High Quality 2019 Reprint of 1938 Edition. First Volume of this scarce Automobile Guide from African Americans. The Negro Motorist Green Book was an annual guidebook for African American road trippers. It was originated and published by African American mailman Victor Hugo Green from 1936 to 1966, during the era of Jim Crow laws, when open and often legally prescribed discrimination against African Americans especially and other non-whites was widespread. Although pervasive racial discrimination and poverty limited black car ownership, the emerging African American middle class bought automobiles as soon as they could, though they faced a variety of dangers and inconveniences along the road, from refusal of food and lodging to arbitrary arrest. In response, Green wrote his guide to services and places relatively friendly to African Americans, eventually expanding its coverage from the New York area to much of North America, as well as founding a travel agency. Many Black Americans took to driving, in part to avoid segregation on public transportation. As the writer George Schuyler put it in 1930, "all Negroes who can do so purchase an automobile as soon as possible in order to be free of discomfort, discrimination, segregation and insult." Black Americans employed as athletes, entertainers, and salesmen also traveled frequently for work purposes. Shortly after passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed the types of racial discrimination that had made the Green Book necessary, publication ceased, and it fell into obscurity. There has been a revived interest in it in the early 21st century in connection with studies of black travel during the Jim Crow era. Item Specification Publisher Martino Fine Books; Illustrated edition (November 8, 2019) Paperback 34 pages Dimensions 6 x 0.09 x 9 inches Language English Item Weight 2.4 ounces ISBN-10 1684224098 ISBN-13 978-1684224098 Dimensions Shipping Returns Additional Info Product Dimensions: 0.09 inches x 6.0 inches x 9.0 inches. Weight: 2.4 oz Fast shipping is very important for us. Our standard shipping service is FREE. Your order will be shipped within 1-3 business days upon full payment received. Most items are delivered within 3-5 business days, however, please allow 3-10 business days. We are shipping only to USA. We only ship to the confirmed Paypal address. We reserve the right to cancel any order for any reason at any time. We are not responsible for undeliverable addresses. We offer a 30 day return policy from checkout winning date. Your satisfaction is guaranteed! If for any reason you are unhappy with your item, just return it within 30 days for a full refund, minus shipping cost. Please contact us prior to initiating a return so that we can issue you a refund authorization. Items defective upon receipt must be packaged in their retail packaging as if new and returned with a detailed description of the problem. Return shipping fees are not refundable. We reserve the right to decline any returns if the above guidelines are not followed. All of our items, unless otherwise stated, will only run on 120 volts. Please check to make sure your country complies with these specifications. If you have a problem or question regarding your transaction please contact us before leaving any type of feedback. We will work with you to resolve any problem you may have.

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