In the late 1930s when segregation was still legal and Black Americans couldn't visit every establishment or travel everywhere they wanted safely, a New Yorker named Victor Hugo Green decided to do something about it. Green wrote and published a guide that listed places where his fellow Black Americans could be safe. Green's guide allowed millions of Black Americans to travel safely and enjoy traveling across the nation. In the first picture book about the creation and distribution of the Green Book, author Keila V. Dawson and illustrator Alleanna Harris tell the story of the man behind it and how this travel guide opened the Road for a safer, more equitable America.

Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Creen and His Green Book by Keila V. Dawson and illustrated by Alleanna Harris.