Driving the Green Book a road trip through the living history of black resistance
"Join award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America's haunted racial past, with the legendary Green Book as your guide. For countless Americans, the open road has long been a place where dangers lurk. In the era of Jim Crow, Black travelers encountered locked doors, hos...
| Main Authors: | Hall, Alvin D. (Author), Weber, Karl (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
[2023]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The Green Book inventory : 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.