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February 22, 2019

Travelers can retrace ‘Green Book' path

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS and JAY REEVES
Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Oscar-nominated road trip movie “Green Book” has spurred interest in the real guidebook that helped black travelers navigate segregated America. With a little research, travelers can find copies of “The Negro Motorist Green Book” online and retrace the route in the movie or develop their own tours of sites that once provided refuge to African-Americans.

The Peter Farrelly film follows an Italian-American bouncer, played by Viggo Mortensen, as he drives a prominent black classical pianist, played by Mahershala Ali, during a 1962 music tour through Jim Crow-era America. To avoid conflict and to protect the pianist, Mortensen's character uses the Green Book — a guide published from 1936 to 1966 by Harlem postal worker Victor H. Green.


 
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