The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
The essential travel guide for a segregated America
52 mins
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.
Delbert Hunt
Green Book Excerpts Narrator (voice)
Marquette Folley
Self - Smithsonian Institute Member
Jennifer Ivey
Self
Henrie Monteith Treadwel
Self - Civil Rights Activist
Murray Bishoff
Self - Journalist and Local Historian
Jack George
Self - Pierce City Resident
Jamon Jordan
Self - Local Historian
Candacy Taylor
Self - Author
Eric J. Lindsey
Self - Idlewild Resident
Ronald J. Stephens
Self - Author
Marilyn S. Taylor
Self - Idlewild Resident
Betty Jean Foote
Self - Phil Giles' Wife
Lois Perry
Self - Flamingo Bar Waitress
Ron Handy
Self - Musician
Elizabeth Calvin
Self - Alberta Ellis' Grandchild
Irv Logan
Self - Alberta Ellis' Grandchild
Brent Leggs
Self - NTHP Member
Carol Jenkins
Self - Author
Modjeska Monteith Simkins
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
A. G. Gaston
Self - Businessman (archive footage)
Zephyr Wright
Self - LBJ's Cook (archive footage)
Linda Goldman
Executive Producer
Jonathan Drake
Executive Producer
Cinzia Baldessari
Editor
Adam Luria
Producer
Anna Wasiuta
Production Manager
Ariel Grandoli
Director of Photography
Aisha Hallgren
Sound Recordist
Michael Velasco
Sound Recordist
Steve Maher
Executive Producer
Sarah Jones
Head of Production