Victor Hugo Green

CTL-E-2788 · Person · writer · 1936-1966

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Harlem postal worker who published The Negro Motorist Green Book annually from 1936 to 1966; retired from postal work as the guide's success grew and expanded into the travel reservation business. The 1949 edition included a 'What to See in Chicago' feature.

The record

Also known as: Victor H. Green

Notes

RELP65 new supporting entity (2026-10-06).

Relationships

Traveling with the Negro Motorist Green Book — Chicago as destination — related to
Green's guide made Chicago - with 180+ listed businesses, nearly 80% in Bronzeville - a safe destination.

Referenced by

Traveling with the Negro Motorist Green Book — Chicago as destination — related to → this record

Sources

Encyclopaedia Britannica - 'The Green Book'
New India Observer - Green Book exhibition at the Illinois Holocaust Museum

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Children asleep in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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Children playing in vacant lot in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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