Book

Driving the Green Book : a road trip through the living history of Black resistance

Hall, Alvin D. (author.). Weber, Karl, (author.).

Summary: An award-winning broadcaster and educator presents his experiences following the path of African Americans who traveled the country during the age of segregation using The Green Book, a guide which helped Black people travel safely.

Record details

ISBN: 9780063271968
ISBN: 0063271966
Physical Description: print
277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-273).

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- The Green Book inventor : a man of a millions journeys -- The American highway : open road, open mind -- Visiting home : return from the Great Migration -- Jim Crow laws : slavery by another name -- Getting down to business : growing with the Black customer -- The magic hour : packing up and the protective dance -- Little Harlems : Black havens in the era of The Green Book -- Summer retreats : away from the white gaze -- We lived it -- The Green Book's legacy : doing what I can, where I am.