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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

A deeper look into the real story of Victor H. Green's "The Negro Motorist Green Book" during the Jim Crow era and beyond.

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Yoruba Richen

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Woman: Being american is not
letting someone else decide - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Woman: Being american is not letting someone else decide

The american ideal
is about freedom. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The american ideal is about freedom.

Victor green's green book
allows us to tell that story - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Victor green's green book allows us to tell that story

Woman: The green book
was a great way to understand - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Woman: The green book was a great way to understand

African americans
embraced the automobile - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

African americans embraced the automobile

But unlike white americans,
black motorists could face - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

But unlike white americans, black motorists could face

They needed a survival guide - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

They needed a survival guide

And soon they had one--
the green book. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

And soon they had one-- the green book.

Woman: "the negro travelers'
green book." - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Woman: "the negro travelers' green book."

It's national.
It has different iterations. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

It's national. It has different iterations.

In the south, you do find signs
that say colored and white. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

In the south, you do find signs that say colored and white.

You do find moments where, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

You do find moments where,

But if you go up north,
there are places - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

But if you go up north, there are places

Karen allen baxter:
We would go places, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Karen allen baxter: We would go places,

Then he would come out
after a few minutes - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Then he would come out after a few minutes

But jennifer reminded me
of one time - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

But jennifer reminded me of one time

Jennifer ivey:
It was a hotel reservation, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Jennifer ivey: It was a hotel reservation,

Baxter: He got back in the car
very quickly and was upset. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Baxter: He got back in the car very quickly and was upset.

I remember my mother
being very upset, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

I remember my mother being very upset,

Narrator: For decades,
millions of african americans - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Narrator: For decades, millions of african americans

But in the 1930s, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

But in the 1930s,

Victor green was a postal worker
from harlem, new york, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Victor green was a postal worker from harlem, new york,

But even
in his own neighborhood, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

But even in his own neighborhood,

And at harlem's famed nightclubs
such as the cotton club, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

And at harlem's famed nightclubs such as the cotton clu...

In 1936, green created
and published - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

In 1936, green created and published

Man: "the idea of the green book
is to give the negro traveler - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Man: "the idea of the green book is to give the negro t...

Two of the most prominent were
the hotel theresa and the ymca, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Two of the most prominent were the hotel theresa and the ymc...

During the 1930s,
dancers from the cotton club - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

During the 1930s, dancers from the cotton club

But the green book
would soon outgrow harlem, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

But the green book would soon outgrow harlem,

It had become a road map - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

It had become a road map

Henrie monteith treadwell:
It's important to have everyone - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Henrie monteith treadwell: It's important to have every...

If you don't see the history, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

If you don't see the history,

Narrator: Eventually
the green book would list - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Narrator: Eventually the green book would list

Today only about a third of
those sites are still standing. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Today only about a third of those sites are still standing.

Treadwell: We need
to find those places, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Treadwell: We need to find those places,

You may need it." - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

You may need it."

Both big cities and small towns
could pose real dangers. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Both big cities and small towns could pose real dangers.

One particular threat
were communities - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

One particular threat were communities

Murray bishoff: A sundown town
varies in definition - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Murray bishoff: A sundown town varies in definition

It is a place where
african americans - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

It is a place where african americans

If you were in that town
at a particular time, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

If you were in that town at a particular time,

You could actually be lynched. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

You could actually be lynched.

Bishoff: There are
many instances - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Bishoff: There are many instances

A woman would see
an african american man - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

A woman would see an african american man

His presence was enough
to spark this kind of hysteria. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

His presence was enough to spark this kind of hysteria.

Candacy taylor: There were
thousands of sundown towns - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Candacy taylor: There were thousands of sundown towns

A lot of them would have a sign. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

A lot of them would have a sign.

There were others that,
you know, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

There were others that, you know,

Sundown towns were largely
a northern, midwestern, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Sundown towns were largely a northern, midwestern,

The state of illinois - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The state of illinois

Narrator: The state of missouri
alone is alleged to have had - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Narrator: The state of missouri alone is alleged to have had

One of the most notorious
was pierce city, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

One of the most notorious was pierce city,

It also was the oldest
of the major towns - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

It also was the oldest of the major towns

The town had a significant
population of african americans - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The town had a significant population of african americans

Narrator: In August of 1901,
a white woman was murdered. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Narrator: In August of 1901, a white woman was murdered.

Within hours, a black man
named will godley was accused - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Within hours, a black man named will godley was accused

Bishoff: Throughout the day,
the tensions have been growing. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Bishoff: Throughout the day, the tensions have been growing.

The mob congeals.
They drag out will godley. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The mob congeals. They drag out will godley.

They drag him back
from that corner, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

They drag him back from that corner,

They take him up
to the second floor, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

They take him up to the second floor,

A group of men
broke away from the mob - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

A group of men broke away from the mob

Bishoff:
So, somebody sneaks over - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Bishoff: So, somebody sneaks over

So, bit by bit,
for the next two days, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

So, bit by bit, for the next two days,

Jack george: It was
a subject that wasn't, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Jack george: It was a subject that wasn't,

But it did, it gave pierce city
a bad, kind of a bad reputation. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

But it did, it gave pierce city a bad, kind of a bad reputat...

As a child growing up,
as a boy in school, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

As a child growing up, as a boy in school,

Narrator: What happened
in pierce city was not unique. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Narrator: What happened in pierce city was not unique.

Between 1882 and 1968, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Between 1882 and 1968,

Many more were not documented. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Many more were not documented.

Across the nation, families fled
from violence, seeking safety. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Across the nation, families fled from violence, seeking safe...

Nowhere was this
african american exodus - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Nowhere was this african american exodus

I mean, there's
segregation everywhere, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

I mean, there's segregation everywhere,

They're really refugees
from terrorism. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

They're really refugees from terrorism.

Economic opportunities
for african americans - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Economic opportunities for african americans

Many african americans
are locked into tenant farming, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Many african americans are locked into tenant farming,

Narrator: In the early 1900s, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Narrator: In the early 1900s,

Folley: There are many ways
that people leave the south, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Folley: There are many ways that people leave the south,

Jordan: When african americans
come to the city of detroit - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Jordan: When african americans come to the city of detroit

What hotels will allow them
to stay there is restricted. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

What hotels will allow them to stay there is restricted.

And so, they need a guide book - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

And so, they need a guide book

Narrator: Green book listings
in detroit - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Narrator: Green book listings in detroit

The fairbairn became popular - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The fairbairn became popular

Jordan: The african american
population - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Jordan: The african american population

My mother's side
comes from alabama, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

My mother's side comes from alabama,

My grandfather came up in 1939, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

My grandfather came up in 1939,

Narrator: During the 1930s,
ford motor company - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Narrator: During the 1930s, ford motor company

Jordan: Second baptist church
is the most significant - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Jordan: Second baptist church is the most significant

Man: "the automobile has been
a special blessing to the negro, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Man: "the automobile has been a special blessing to the...

The future looks bright - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The future looks bright

Narrator: Cars were not
just a convenient way - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Narrator: Cars were not just a convenient way

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A deeper look into the real story of Victor H. Green's "The Negro Motorist Green Book" during the Jim Crow era and beyond.

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Director: Yoruba Richen

Writer: Yoruba Richen

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary, history

Year: 2019

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 8.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 25 Feb 2019

Awards: 1 nomination total

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