Museums
Tour for 10 to The Negro Motorist Green Book at Illinois Holocaust Museum
- Item Number
- 178
- Estimated Value
- 160 USD
- Sold
- 58 USD to mb3838
- Number of Bids
- 2 - Bid History
Item Description
“The Negro Motorist Green Book” guided Black Americans to thousands of businesses for over thirty years. When the first “Green Book” was published, the American road was a metaphor for freedom: freedom to change your present situation, determine your destiny, and travel. Yet, in 20th-century America, this same road was a dangerous place for Black travelers. The land was divided by segregation — through policy and through custom. For Black people, the prejudice was severe: a systematic effort to deny their basic human rights. In an era of Jim Crow laws and “sundown towns,” communities that explicitly prohibited Black travelers from staying overnight, the “Green Book” offered critical, life-saving information and sanctuary.
Now, through The Negro Motorist Green Book, visitors will explore film, photographs, interactives, and oral histories from travelers and “Green Book” business owners; compare “Green Book” sites then and now; and appreciate historical objects from the Smithsonian and from a variety of “Green Book” sites. The exhibition includes artifacts from business signs and postcards to historic footage, images, and firsthand accounts that illustrate not just the apprehension felt by Black travelers, but also the resilience, innovation, and elegance of people choosing to live a full American existence.
Developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in collaboration with award-winning author, photographer, and cultural documentarian, Candacy Taylor, Green Book offers an immersive look at the historic reality of travel for Black Americans and how the guide served as an indispensable resource for the rise of the Black leisure class in the United States. The exhibition highlights destinations created by Black Americans and strategies that affirmed their humanity, their worth, their light, and their lives – and how it was done with ingenuity, community, and with help from Victor Green and his travel guide: “The Negro Motorist Green Book.”
The winner of this auction or a Docent-Guided group tour for up to 10 people of the Negro Motorist Green Book at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie IL. Exhibit runs through April 23, 2023
For more info: https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/exhibitions/the-negro-motorist-green-book/
Subject to mutual availability and must be scheduled in advance.
Item Special Note
9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL 60077
847.967.4800
Open Wed-Mon, 10 AM - 5 PM
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