Reflections on the Green Book

July 14, 2016
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6:30 pm
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9:00 pm
United States Navy Memorial

About The Event

Introduced in 1936, this travel guide was created to give the Negro traveler vital information on safe accommodations during trips in the American Jim Crow South.  Film: An excerpt fromThe Green Book Chronicles

Moderator: Dr. Tiffany Gill, Associate Professor, University of Delaware

Panelists: • Calvin Alexander Ramsay, author of The Green Book (play) and producer of the documentary • Bunnie Jackson-Ransom, President, First Class, Inc. • Joyce Verrett, retired professor and provost, Grambling State University,  • Andrew Kahrle, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia

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