Black History Film Series October – The Green Book: Guide To Freedom

The doors to The Carver open at 6pm for light refreshments, and the film begins in the Jo Long Theater at 6:30pm.

“The Green Book: Guide To Freedom”. (TV-PG)(2019)(60 mins)

This TV movie by Director Yoruba Richen takes a deeper look into the real story of Victor H. Green’s “The Negro Motorist Green Book” during the Jim Crow era and beyond. In the 1930s, a black postal carrier from Harlem named Victor H. Green published a book that was part travel guide and part survival guide. It was called “The Negro Motorist Green Book”, and it helped African-Americans navigate safe passage across America well into the 1960s. Explore some of the segregated nation’s safe havens and notorious “sundown towns” and witness stories of struggle and indignity as well as opportunity and triumph.

Immediately following the film, join us for the lively panel discussion. For our panel discussion post screening, we will have Lawrence Phillips, founder of Greenbook Global and Yoruba Richen, director of the film “The Green Book: Guide To Freedom”. Their discussion will be moderated by Leroy Adams, Publisher of Culture Travels Magazine. The discussion theme is “The Past, Present, and Future of Black Travel”.

ADMISSION IS FREE, BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED! *Food and beverages are NOT allowed in the historic Jo Long Theater Auditorium.*