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Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Green and His Green Book
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Hungry? Check the Green Book. Tired? Check the Green Book. Sick? Check the Green Book.
In the late 1930s when segregation was legal and Black Americans couldn't visit every establishment or travel everywhere they wanted to safely, a New Yorker named Victor Hugo Green decided to do something about it. Green wrote and published a guide that listed places where his fellow Black Americans could be safe in New York City. The guide sold like hot cakes! Soon customers started asking Green to make a guide to help them travel and vacation safely across the nation too. With the help of his mail carrier co-workers and the African American business community, Green's guide allowed millions of African Americans to travel safely and enjoy traveling across the nation.
In the first picture book about the creation and distribution of The Green Book, author Keila Dawson and illustrator Alleanna Harris tell the story of the man behind it and how this travel guide opened the road for a safer, more equitable America.
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About the Author
Keila Dawson writes nonfiction and fiction picture books. She is a New Orleans native, former community organizer, and educator with domestic and international experience. Born an adventurer, Dawson has lived and worked in several states throughout the U.S., and in the Philippines, and Egypt where she’s hiked the rice terraces climbed Mt. Fuji, and Mt. Sinai. When she isn't traveling, playing tennis, researching, or digging in genealogical archives, she's reading, writing, and visiting with schools. She writes and blogs about picture books so kids can read about their experiences, see their reflections, and learn about others’ too.
Alleanna Harris is a New Jersey-based children's book illustrator. She has previously illustrated several picture books, including Making Their Voices Heard: The Inspiring Friendship of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe, Patricia's Vision: The Doctor Who Saved Sight, and The Journey of York: The Unsung Hero of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
