All Over The Map: ‘Green Book’ guided Black motorists to friendly businesses in the Evergreen State

A local heritage group is exploring the hidden history and impacts of the “Green Book” – the mid-20th century travel guide for Black motorists – here in the Evergreen State.

You might remember a movie a few years ago (that won the Oscar for Best Picture) called Green Book. The film told the story of a Black musician being driven from New York City to, through, and from the Jim Crow South of the 1960s.

The title of the movie comes from the actual Green Book and its publisher, a full-time postal worker who lived in Harlem named Victor H. Green. It was first issued

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