The Green Book: Driving Through History – Iconic Travel Guide Comes to Pittsburgh

From 1936 to 1966, the Green Book was the should-have highway companion for African American vacationers.

Developed and printed by Harlem postal provider and journey author Victor Hugo Green, the Book’s listings supplied secure havens the place Black clients may eat, sleep and replenish their gasoline tanks in a segregated America.

Discover the story behind the movies, pictures and artifacts depicting that historic time in “The Negro Motorist Green Book,” an exhibit at the moment working at The Senator John Heinz History Center via August 13, 2023. This WQED digital doc additionally explores Webster Hall, which as soon as served because the Hotel Webster Hall. It’s one of many few Green Book landmarks nonetheless standing in Pittsburgh.

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