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Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and his Glorious Book
Tonya Bolden
Illustrator: Eric Velasquez
Ages: 9+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Quill Tree Books/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-296740-4
Keywords: Jim Crow, Travel, African Americans, Law and Justice, Segregation, Picture Book for Older Readers
Because traveling around America was dangerous for Black people in the 1930s, Green, a Black postman, created a book with information about places that welcomed people of color. Richly detailed illustrations.