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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The remarkable true story of "The Negro Motorist Green Book" is told, a pioneering guide that assisted African Americans in navigating safe travel during the Jim Crow era and its lasting impact.

The film delves into the 1930s, where a Harlem-based postal carrier, Victor Green, published a groundbreaking book, The Negro Motorist Green Book, which served as both a travel guide and survival manual for African-Americans, providing a safe passage route across America until the 1960s.

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Info about The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Studio(s): Impossible Factual, Smithsonian Channel

Originally Released: United States, Feb 25, 2019

Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Genres:Documentary, History