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Treadwell: She would keep politicians honest
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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

She wouldkeep politicians honest By telling them what she felt

Treadwell: She would
keep politicians honest By telling them what she felt

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Treadwell: She would keep politicians honest
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By telling them what she felt.
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9 seconds
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25
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:08
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
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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.
Also had a way of calling them in the middle of the night - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 00:08
Also had a way of calling them in the middle of the night
They can't call me back, so I can tell them what I think." - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 00:12
They can't call me back, so I can tell them what I thin...
Her work there helped to fund both the motel and her activism. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 00:07
Her work there helped to fund both the motel and her activis...
In 1963, modjeska orchestrated a major integration victory - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 00:09
In 1963, modjeska orchestrated a major integration victory
Treadwell: The university of south carolina was segregated, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 00:09
Treadwell: The university of south carolina was segregated,
I was drawn into that one Sunday afternoon - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 00:21
I was drawn into that one Sunday afternoon
And then the judge decided that I should go. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 00:05
And then the judge decided that I should go.
I had no choice except to say, yes, I was going. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 00:04
I had no choice except to say, yes, I was going.
Interviewer: You have urged other qualified negro students - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 00:11
Interviewer: You have urged other qualified negro students
Do you know if any others plan to do this? - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 00:04
Do you know if any others plan to do this?
Treadwell: Well, I've heard quite a few say - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 00:14
Treadwell: Well, I've heard quite a few say
It was work that needed to be done, and we did it. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 00:05
It was work that needed to be done, and we did it.
Aunt modjeska had a vision for social change - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 00:08
Aunt modjeska had a vision for social change
Modjeska was stirring up things - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 00:09
Modjeska was stirring up things
She was working on ideas whose time had come, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 00:13
She was working on ideas whose time had come,
Narrator: By the early 1960s, - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 00:07
Narrator: By the early 1960s,
This push for empowerment - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 00:05
This push for empowerment
Taylor: It becomes a much more political guide at that time. - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 00:04
Taylor: It becomes a much more political guide at that time.
Right when you open up, it says, "know your rights," - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 00:14
Right when you open up, it says, "know your rights,&quo...
Narrator: While across the country - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 00:10
Narrator: While across the country