The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The essential travel guide for a segregated America

7.752 min
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

Overview

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.

Movie Info

Release Date: 2/25/2019

Runtime: 52 min

Director: Yoruba Richen

Writers: Yoruba Richen

Top Cast

Yoruba Richen

Yoruba Richen

Self - Narrator (voice)

Lena Horne

Lena Horne

Self - Singer (archive footage)

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)

Ralph Abernathy

Ralph Abernathy

Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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