The Negro Travelers' Green Book The Guide to Travel and Vacations 1955 Edition

Book has normal wear for being 61 years old and doesnt look like it was ever really viewed. Slightly worn away area at top left corner at the binding.

Absolutely clean copy with no pen or pencil markings or bent pages. Surprisingly excellent well preserved condition for being a softcover book of this age. This is the 1955 Edition of "The Negro Travelers' Green Book". The book primarily shows hotels and motels where black travelers could stay without being harassed in 1955, though other establishments are listed such as barber shops, restaurants, etc.

The book measures 5 inches x 6.75 inches and contains 80 pages. "The Green Book, " as it was known, was first published in 1936.

By a Harlem mailman named Victor Green. Initially, it pointed out friendly restaurants and hotels in New York. It eventually expanded to include everything from lodging and gas stations to tailor shops and doctor's offices across the nation, as well as in Bermuda, Mexico and Canada. The travel guide pointed out safe havens where African-Americans could eat and stay. The pamphlet promoted vacation without humiliation.

Travel guide, known as the "Green Book, " helped African-Americans travel nation. The guide was started in 1936 by a Harlem mailman named Victor Green. The item "The Negro Travelers' Green Book The Guide to Travel and Vacations 1955 Edition" is in sale since Monday, April 04, 2016. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\Black Americana\Other Black Americana".

The seller is "daisyriva" and is located in Huntington, New York. This item can be shipped to United States.