The Green Book Travel Guide for African Americans
University of Delaware Professor Tiffany Gill talked about the Green Book, a travel guide for African Americans produced during the Jim Crow era. First published in the 1930s, the books listed businesses around the country that accepted African American customers, when so many hotels, restaurants, and other travel destinations would refuse to serve them.
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University of Delaware Professor Tiffany Gill talked about the Green Book, a travel guide for African Americans produced during the Jim Crow era. First published in the 1930s, the books listed businesses around the country that accepted African American customers, when so many hotels, restaurants, and other travel destinations would refuse to serve them.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Describe the issues that African Americans faced when traveling after World War II.
- How did the desegregation of the military after World War II affect the civil rights movement?
- What was the Green Book? Why was it necessary for African Americans?
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Vocabulary
- Civil Rights
- Green Book
- Segregation
- Sundown Town