In the segregated US of the mid-twentieth century African-American travelers could have a hard time finding towns where they were legally allowed to stay at night and hotels restaurants and service stations willing to serve them. In 1936 Victor Hugo Green published the first annual volume of The Negro Motorist Green-Book later renamed The Negro Travelers Green Book. This facsimile of the 1940 edition brings you all the listings articles and advertisements aimed at the Black travelers trying to find their way across a country where they were so rarely welcome.Also available: The Negro Travelers Green Book: 1954 Facsimile Edition