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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The essential travel guide for a segregated America

201952m 7.8/ 10

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 RichenSelf - Narrator (voice)
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    Delbert HuntGreen Book Excerpts Narrator (voice)
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    Marquette FolleySelf - Smithsonian Institute Member
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    Karen Allen BaxterSelf
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    Jennifer IveySelf
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    Henrie Monteith TreadwelSelf - Civil Rights Activist
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    Murray BishoffSelf - Journalist and Local Historian
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    Jack GeorgeSelf - Pierce City Resident
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    Jamon JordanSelf - Local Historian
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    Candacy TaylorSelf - Author
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    Eric J. LindseySelf - Idlewild Resident
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    Ronald J. StephensSelf - Author
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    Marilyn S. TaylorSelf - Idlewild Resident
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    Betty Jean FooteSelf - Phil Giles' Wife
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    Lois PerrySelf - Flamingo Bar Waitress
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    Ron HandySelf - Musician

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