Victor Hugo Green
publication date: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 (part of Winter 2019)
category: 
Literature
clue: If you were black and you wanted to travel in the Jim Crow South, green was the way to go.
explanation: Green published The Negro Motorist Green Book that listed and reviewed businesses that were accepting of African American patrons in the segregated South. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, and Richard Slominsky
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