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The legacy of the Green Book lives on today. Documenting stories is as important as ever. Help chronical the rich oral history of the Green Book by sharing a personal story, a story of someone you know, or a story of a business advertised in the Green Book.
[Four-young African American women standing beside a convertible automobile], ca. 1958. WANN Radio Station Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
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Image Credit: [Photographic print of an unidentified couple], early 20th-mid 20th century. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Gift of Henrietta W. Shelton.
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Image Credit: [Photographic print of an unidentified couple], early 20th-mid 20th century. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Gift of Henrietta W. Shelton.
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EMAIL YOUR STORYThe Negro Motorist Green Book was created by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with Candacy Taylor and made possible through the generous support of Exxon Mobil Corporation.
