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Ruth And The Green Book [Library Binding]

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Category: Books (Juvenile Fiction)
Author: Calvin Alexander Ramsey, Gwen Strauss
Author: Calvin Alexander Ramsey, Gwen Strauss
ISBN-10: 0761352554
ISBN-10: 0761352554
ISBN-13: 9780761352556
ISBN-13: 9780761352556
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Pages: 1
Pages: 1
Binding: Library Binding
Binding: Library Binding
Pub Date: 01-Jun-2010
Pub Date: 01-Jun-2010
SKU: 0761352554-11-MING
SKU: 0761352554-11-MING
Item ID: 100370681
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Ruth was so excited to take a trip in her family's new car! In the early 1950s, few African Americans could afford to buy cars, so this would be an adventure. But she soon found out that black travelers weren't treated very well in some towns. Many hotels and gas stations refused service to black people. Daddy was upset about something called Jim Crow laws...

Finally, a friendly attendant at a gas station showed Ruth's family The Green Book. It listed all of the places that would welcome black travelers. With this guidebook--and the kindness of strangers--Ruth could finally make a safe journey from Chicago to her grandma's house in Alabama.

Ruth's story is fiction, but The Green Book and its role in helping a generation of African American travelers avoid some of the indignities of Jim Crow are historical fact.