Here are some good resources for learning more about the Green Book series of guides for African-American travelers:
- Smithsonian Magazine article by Jacinda Townsend, “How the Green Book Helped African-American Tourists Navigate a Segregated Nation”
- National Museum of American History website article by Jay Driskell: “An atlas of self-reliance: The Negro Motorist’s Green Book (1937-1964)”
- Map a trip using the 1947 or the 1956 Green Book
- Newsweek article by Alexander Nazaryan, with video: “How the ‘Green Book’ Saved Black Lives on the Road”
- New York Times article by Eve M. Kahn, “The ‘Green Book’ Legacy, a Beacon for Black Travelers”
- “Mapping the Green Book”, a blog by post-doctoral fellow at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- A HistoryPin project crowdsourcing information on Green Book sites.
- “The Negro Motorist Green Book and Route 66”, a video by Candacy Taylor, a photographer working on a project to document sites listed in the Green Book.
- Los Angeles Times video on the Green Book, with some good personal testimonial.
- CNN video story from 2011.
- CBS Evening News story
- A map showing locations from the 1956 Green Book