The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

52 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | Feb. 25, 2019

In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe those regions of the United States where segregation and Jim Crow laws were disgracefully applied.

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

52 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | Feb. 25, 2019

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe those regions of the United States where segregation and Jim Crow laws were disgracefully applied.
IMDb rating 8.2
Producers Smithsonian Channel, Impossible Factual
Original title The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Directors Yoruba Richen
Writers Yoruba Richen

Cast

Yoruba Richen

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Delbert Hunt

as Green Book Excerpts Narrator (voice)

Marquette Folley

as Self - Smithsonian Institute Member

Jennifer Ivey

as Self

Henrie Monteith Treadwel

as Self - Civil Rights Activist

Murray Bishoff

as Self - Journalist and Local Historian

Jack George

as Self - Pierce City Resident

Jamon Jordan

as Self - Local Historian

Candacy Taylor

as Self - Author

Eric J. Lindsey

as Self - Idlewild Resident

Ronald J. Stephens

as Self - Author

Marilyn S. Taylor

as Self - Idlewild Resident

Betty Jean Foote

as Self - Phil Giles' Wife

Lois Perry

as Self - Flamingo Bar Waitress

Ron Handy

as Self - Musician

Elizabeth Calvin

as Self - Alberta Ellis' Grandchild

Irv Logan

as Self - Alberta Ellis' Grandchild

Brent Leggs

as Self - NTHP Member

Carol Jenkins

as Self - Author

Lena Horne

as Self - Singer (archive footage)

Duke Ellington

as Self - Musician (archive footage)

Nat King Cole

as Self - Musician (archive footage)

Modjeska Monteith Simkins

as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)

A. G. Gaston

as Self - Businessman (archive footage)

Ralph Abernathy

as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Zephyr Wright

as Self - LBJ's Cook (archive footage)