GET
GET UP
GET UP AND GO WHEREVER YOU WANT TO, BUT WHIT WAS NOT ALWAYS THAT
EASY FOR BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA
-- IT WAS NOT ALWAYS THAT EASY
F+@OR BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA.
♪
♪ >>
♪ >> YOU
♪ >> YOU DOING LIKE THEY DO US.
>> HOW ARE YOU TOLD YOUR SON'+@S
BODY HAD BEEN FOUND?
>> HE TOLD ME AROUND 5:00.
>> HO+@W DID YOU FEEL?
DID YOU HAVE ANY HOPE HE WAS
STILL ALIVE?
STILL ALIVE? >> YES, I WAS HOPING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
>> FOR BLACK VOTERS, IF +@THERE
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. >> FOR BLACK VOTERS, IF +@THERES
ONE TH+@ING THAT HAS STOOD THE
TEST OF TIME, IT'S THE DANGERS
OF DRIVING WHILE BLACK.
>> THERE'S A CONTINUITY IN
+@HISTORY.
+@HISTORY. AFRICAN-AMERICANS STILL HAVE TO
BE ON GUARD WHEN WE TRAVEL
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
NARRATOR: USA, SEE YOUR
CHEVROLET.
CHEVROLET. >> BLACKS WHO COULD AFFORD TO
PURCHASE AN AUTOMOBILE DID SO
FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
>>+@ IT WAS THE BACK OF THE BUS
FOR VARIOUS REASONS. >>+@ IT WAS THE BACK OF THE BUSR
YOU GET UNDER IT --
>> OWNING A CAR NOT ONLY
REFLECTED A SENSE OF PRIDE,+@ BT
IT REPRESENTED FREEDO+@M.
>> BUT THAT FREEDOM AND NEW
+@
+@ MOBILITY CAME WITH DANGER ON THE
HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS.
THERE WERE WHITES IN FAVOR O+@F
BLAC+@KS DRIVING AS LONG AS THEY
WERE WILLING TO DO SO WELL
OCCUPYING A SERVICIN+@G JOB.
>> A TRUCK DRIVER, A CHAUFFEUR.
THEY WOULD KEEP A CHAUFFEUR'S
CAP ON THE SEAT NEXT TO THEM SO
IF THEY WERE STOPPED BY THE
POLICE, THEY COULD PRETEND THAT
THEY WERE THE CHAUFFEUR FOR A
WHITE MAN IN DATA THE OWNER OF
THE CAR -- WHITE MAN INSTEAD OF
BEING THE OWNER OF THE CAR.
>> IT CALLED FOR DESPERATE
MEASURES EARLY BLACK +@TRAVELERS
BECAM+@E ACCUSTOMED TO --
>> TAKING AN ICE CREAM BUCKET
AND USING THAT AS A MAKESHIFT
TOILET BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID
TO STOP AND USE PUBLIC
ACCOMMODATIONS.
ACCOMMODATIONS. >> THEY DECIDED TO START TAKING
NOTES WHERE BLACK TRA+@VELERS WE
WELCOME.
WELCOME.
WELCOME. THE PUBLICATION SOON BECAME
KNOWN AS THE NEGRO MOTORIST
GREEN BOOK.
GREEN BOOK. >> IN ESSENCE IT WAS LIKE THE
YELLOW BOOK.
YELLOW BOOK. HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, PRETTY MUCH
ANY BLACK+@ BUSINESS+@ WANTED TO
ADVERTISE.
ADVERTISE. >> ♪ FOR GAS THAT'S EXTRA FINE,
THERE'S A SMILE FOR EVERY MILE
AT THE EXXON SIGN ♪
>> THAT WAS THE REASON BLACK
PEOPLE ALWAYS BOUGHT EXXON GA+@.
READ BOOK LASTED BECAUSE THEY
SUPPORTED STANDARD OIL.
>> EVEN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
TEAMS LOOKING FOR A SAFE HAVEN
FOR SELECTED TEAM MEMBERS ALSO
FOUND GOOD USE OF THE GREEN
BOOK.
BOOK.
BOOK. >>
BOOK. >> THEY WERE TRYING TO GO TO
PLACES WHERE THEY+@ KNEW THEY WE
GOING TO BE +@WELCOMED, AND OVER
+@
GOING TO BE +@WELCOMED, AND OVER TIME, THEY WELCOME -- THEY
DEVELOPE+@D A CIRCUIT OF PEOPLE
THAT WOULD SUPPORT THEM.
>> MAJOR-LEAGUE BASEBALL HALL OF
FAMER FERGIE JENKINS RECALLS HIS
EARLY DAYS IN T+@HE MINO+@R LEA.
>> THE WHITE PLAYERS WE+@RE TAKN
DOWNTOWN.
DOWNTOWN.
DOWNTOWN. IN THE FRONT, YOU COULD SEE IT
WAS A FUNERAL PARLOR.
AND ON THE UPPER LEVEL, THEY HAD
BEDROOMS.
BEDROOMS.
BEDROOMS. T+@HEY HAD THREE OR FOUR BEDROO.
THAT IS WHERE WE STAYED.
>> IF THAT'S NOT SHOCKING
ENOUGH, THERE WAS THE TIME --
>> IN FLORIDA WE STAYED IN A
BROTHEL.
BROTHEL.
BROTHEL. ALL THESE GIRLS ARE STANDING --
AND BY THE WAY, YOU'RE
INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO KNOW THESE
LADIES ARE LADIES OF THE NIGHT.
GO TO YOUR ROOM.
I WAS NOT MAKING ANY MONEY TO
BUY ANYTHING ANYWAY.
GO TO YOUR RO+@OM+@.
>> A+@T ANY COST, LACK TRA+@VEL
GO TO YOUR RO+@OM+@. >> A+@T ANY COST, LACK TRA+@VEL-
BLACK TRAVELERS AVOIDED SUNDOWN
TOWNS.
TOWNS.
TOWNS. >>
TOWNS. >> YOU C+@OULD GO THROUGH THE TN
D+@URING THE DAY.
YOU COULD B+@E A CHAUFFEUR OR A
COOK OR MADE IN THE TOWN -- A
MAID IN THE TOWN, BUT AT 6:00,
+@WHEN THE SUN WAS GOING DOWN, U
BETTER BE OUT OF THAT TOWN OR
YOU WOULD BE SUBJECT TO
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE. >> THE GREEN BOOK SEAN A
SPOTLIGHT ON THE HARSHNESS BLACK
AMERICAN TRAVELERS HAD TO
OVERCOME.
OVERCOME.
OVERCOME. >> ACTIVISM AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP. >> THE LEGACY OF THE GREEN BOOK
-- VICTOR E. GREEN SAID HE HOPED
THAT ONE DAY HIS BOOK WOULD NOT
BE NEEDED AND THEN IT WOULD BE
SUCCESSFUL.
SUCCESSFUL. THE GREEN BOOK IS NO LONGER
NEEDED, OR IS IT?
>> A CINCINNATI POLICE OFFICER
HAS BEEN INDICTED FOR THE MURDER
OF A+@N UNARMED BLACK MAN AT A
TRAFFIC STOP.
TRAFFIC STOP. >> WALKING BACK TOWARD HIS
BROKEN DOWN SUV, VULNERABLE, TO
BE SHOT AND KILLED.
>> A DEADLY SHOOTING IN DESOTO
INVOLVING A POLICE OFFICER
SPARKING OUTRAGE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. >> ANOTHER POLICE SHOOTING
TURNED DAILY -- DEADLY, CAUGHT
ON TAPE.
ON TAPE.
ON TAPE. >> DO WE NEED A MODERN-DAY GREEN
BOOK?
BOOK?