The Green Book: Guide to Freedom - 2019

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.

52min
2019
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating8.2/10

Cast

Yoruba Richen profile pictureYoruba RichenSelf - Narrator (voice)
Lena Horne profile pictureLena HorneSelf - Singer (archive footage)
Duke Ellington profile pictureDuke EllingtonSelf - Musician (archive footage)
Nat King Cole profile pictureNat King ColeSelf - Musician (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr. profile pictureMartin Luther King Jr.Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Ralph Abernathy profile pictureRalph AbernathySelf - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson profile pictureLyndon B. JohnsonSelf - Politician (archive footage)

About The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 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.

Runtime: 52min

Extra details

Original Title: The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Original Language: English
Directed By: Yoruba Richen
Production Companies
Impossible FactualSmithsonian Channel