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The negro motorist green book smithsonian digital volunteers. As predicted by victor hugo green, the green book, as well as, many of the allblack establishments it advertised declined and then disappeared with the. According to legal research done by nypl staff, those 21 volumes have no known us restrictions, and can be used and reused freely. Green published it annually from 1936 to 1966 when discrimination against african. Library locations schomburg center for research in black culture, jean blackwell hutson research and reference division shelf locator.
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