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The Jewish Vacation Guide, first published around 1916, helped Jewish travelers avoid dangerous antisemitism by recommending safe places to eat, sleep and obtain services.
Pegasus Theatre Chicago, in association with ShPIeL Performing Identity, announce the Chicago premiere of The Green Book, inspired by Victor Green's historical, The Negro Motorist Green Book ...
Mark E. Talisman, a leader, supporter and advocate of Jewish organizations and causes as well as a founder of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, died July 11 at his home in Chevy Chase, ...
The film “Green Book,” starring Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen, is garnering a lot of Oscar buzz. The title is a reference to “The Negro Motorist Green Book,” a travel guide for ...
The Jewish Vacation Guide cataloged where Jews would be safe, well-fed and entertained. It also inspired the Green Book, a widely used guide for Black travelers.
The Green Book was a travel guide published from 1936 to 1967, for African American families and individuals, letting them travel safely and with dignity during the Jim Crow era. The exhibit takes ...
CHICAGO — A new exhibit at the Illinois Holocaust Museum is based on a book that stood as a guide for ways for Black travelers to travel safely across the county during segregation. Noah ...