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Vox You should have mentioned how when the Civil Rights Act was challenged in the Supreme Court, it was upheld under the interstate commerce clause because of state to state travel.
Hi, thanks Vox for bringing this topic to your international viewers like me. May I suggest the black veterans of WWII for this topic of yours? Maybe with this documentary? vimeo.com/ondemand/breathoffreedom
So true. My father was born before WWII, and he would tell me stories about how they would travel to visit family in NYC from Charleston, SC. They traveled overnight without stopping, not even to use the bathroom. Stops along the trip could mean certain risk to your safety, no matter if you were in the Deep South or up North. And the whole preparing food before the trip is spot on. My late aunt would always prepare food, so they never had to stop. Times are just different now, but then the concerns were legitimate.
Rabbi Shekelbergstein Weak. Why do internet racists (or the title you cower behind when you get criticized in the "free market place of ideas", "trolls") only use other people's jokes. You're like the perfect definition of racists: waiting on your rich masters to tell you how you're superior to your brethren so you don't focus on the people actually ruining your life.
Back on top, ret2rick, my significant other's family have told me similar things to what you're saying. Her mother was only 8 years old when the Negro Motorists' Handbook stopped publication, and the family never went on road trips for the very reasons cited in this video. Hell, they never did a number of things because of the racism of the time period. Never learned to swim because they couldn't afford private pools, public pools were segregated, and when public pools were integrated, white families fled for the suburbs, taking their tax dollars with them, and thus public pools fell into disrepair or were closed down due to lack of funding in the years following segregation's end. It's utterly fascinating how racism essentially pervaded every minor facet of everyday life I hadn't considered growing up because I'm white.
Why do such videos bother so many people when it's only telling history? People really like to hide the elephant in the room with a thin cloth. Big ups to Vox for all the effort put into the video, very informative
YuranDeveloper That is a great question. It's telling people how the world was, but then people want to beat up the messenger, maybe because they feel ashamed.
I think my grandmother still has hers. She did a lot of traveling during that time and used to tell me stories about how she faced segregation. My step-grandpa is 95 years of age and probably has knowledge of this.
I still remember seeing copies of the Green Book at my grandparents' house. I didn't really know what it was, but they kind of used it like the Yellow Pages.
My grandad STILL doesn't do road trips; after his uncounters in the late 60's, that was it. When my grandma got pregnant, he was done. He'll only go to our bi-annual family reunions cause they're on pre planned resorts. He's 69 years old.
the gag is.... that's the whole point of power. to stop you from doing something you want to do. the real tragedy, despite understanding his reasoning, is he limited himself bc of someone/thing else
It's funny. I see people fairly regularly going on about 'Why we're still talking about race'. 1963 was only some 55 years ago, let that set in. 55 years. My grandmother is 83, she lived in a time where this was law. So did my dad and his siblings. This resonates with us all, PoC everywhere. Great video Vox. ✊🏽
I get what you're saying. Things have indeed changed. But could I ask you to look at the situation a little differently with me for a second? A lot of people look at the situation as though 'enough' has changed and that's where the problem lies for me personally.
Adrian Ferrette White people refuse to believe that redlining, dog whistles, and racism resonates throughout society. As anyone can see, they're quick to say get a job but then in the same frame of thought, don't get that a lot of companies look over blacks to be hired. This happens every day in this country.
Motivational Michael Your right, but A lot of hearts have not changed, ands that’s why we still see a lot racial discrimination today. There are still people alive from that era.
Affirmative action was literally a response to schools not wanting to let black ppl in as well as the extremely low number of them in college. In no way does it hold black ppl over white ppl. The same for equal opportunity hiring. Is funny how any thing that is done to support black ppl is seen as racistat by white ppl.
Dominik Gadecki I've seen gruesome pictures of White Americans posing with hung and deceased corpses of non-whites, while having picnics. Less than 100 years old... 🇺🇸
thats because the conservative white people keep telling us to shut up, get over it and that it wasn't a big deal. cuz they don't want the rest of the world to know the truth about them. I would love to see what the world would think of america if they knew its history like we do.
The "Sundown" rule is so daunting. I can't imagine how people would go threw so much mental, physical, and emotional pain by just being born different.
@@momoiida5505 sweatheat i know you trying to make an effort, but instead of saying there is no difference, lets say we have different culture and we are equally respected.
America was a nation founded and built by white men. Black Americans had their chance to build their own nation which was gave to them by James Monroe and the American Colonisation Society but yet most chose to stay.
Aaron Conlon hold up, do you hear what you're saying, the American Colonization Society just dropped them on the west coast of Africa with the few sources of help and a territory they had never been accustomed to, and you expect them to suddenly create a Utopia with pixie dust?
My grandfather, traveling through the deep South for his work, had copies of this book, the Green Book. From what my father told me, it was a lifesaving resource. I'm glad it's immortalized in places like the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture, and on the Internet. Thank you for making this video.
It’s like you can’t even bring up history or facts without people trying to label your political affiliations. Whenever Liberal media touches on social topics it just brings out the haters.
Or even worse, when people go on like "you know Democrats used to be racist" or "Democrats started the KKK." Like, yes, that's true, but when democratic leaders started turning away from racist policies, all the racists left and jumped ship to the Republican party lol
J Girl yeah 2 parties just completely switched sides... Does that really seem likely to you? Could that happen today? The answer is no, Robert Byrd for example apologized for being in the KKK and Dems forgave him...
Why would that make you feel bad? Really curious as I am white myself and never felt bad or uncomfortable because of learning about history. Every nation has dark elements in its past and the strongest ones are able to stand up and confront them. How would you feel if Germans had the same attitude towards learning about WWII because "it made them feel bad for being German"?
"Black motorists had to travel with prepared food"... that brings up an interesting connection for me. When I was a kid in the 70's, my grandmother and my mom would road trip with me and my sister from California to Texas in the summer to visit relatives. My grandmother always brought a big cooler full of food in the trunk of her Cadillac. It contained fried chicken, sandwich fixin's, and other items and we'd stop periodically at rest stops to eat. We rarely stopped at restaurants or for fast food but I didn't really care too much because I knew we always had food with us. When I grew older, I thought this was just Grandma being thrifty and practical by bringing food, keeping travel costs at a minimum. Now, because of this video, I'm thinking otherwise. As you've probably figured, I'm black and of course my family is black. When I became an adult, my Mom told me about traveling in very much the same way when she was a child. On one trip my grandparents drove their family along Route 66 past Flagstaff, Arizona near where the Grand Canyon is located. Everyone in the car wanted to go see the Canyon, except for my Grandfather, who was driving. Since he was in command of the car, the family didn't get to see it. My Grandpa never went on those road trips with Grandma after I was born. I always wondered why my grandfather seemed to be so incurious to see the country but I figured maybe he didn't like strange places or being on the road. Now, because of this video, I'm thinking differently about his reluctance to travel. I knew traveling while black must have been difficult at that time, but now I'm getting a bit of an expanded perspective. Both my grandparents are passed away now... so asking them would be a bit difficult. I'll have to rely on my Mom for those answers. Good thing is, I used to work as tour guide, taking tourists to see the Grand Canyon. When my Mom, sister, niece and nephew came to visit me in Sedona, AZ last year, I took them all to see the Grand Canyon. It was a gift for my Mom's 75th birthday. Mom finally got to see the Grand Canyon through me. Traveling while black has changed a bit, I think...
Victor Green, an absolute hero! Great to hear that the Green Book went out of print. Victor Green must have been one of the few publishers to be happy that his book became obsolete.
Drumisfum Yeah, black Americans disproportionately incarcerated longer than whites for the same crime, no compensation from the housing discrimination only to be displaced again by gentrification, making voting harder for minorities and police brutality.
@@Skyflyer-go5or It isn’t. It’s called egalitarianism. Communism is a broad spectrum of social, economic, religious, fiscal, public, domestic, monetary and foreign policy perspectives. You can’t just say “equality is communism and communism bad so equality bad”. It shows glaring ignorance towards a very complex and diverse topic.
It makes sense how America is so racist today. It’s really not too long ago that this was way of life. Lots of people who were allowed to be openly racist are still alive but have been relatively silenced. Their thoughts and habits probably didn’t get lost just because others object. Racism is rampant in America again, thanks to their lack of leadership. They are gaining back the ability to say how they truly feel publicly.
That was a wonderful story of one man who truly made a difference in America, that hasent been recognised for his significant impact in protecting people's live and well being. He should be honored !
Racism won't be gone completely until our generation is dead. Like you said, a lot of millennials parents are baby boomers and the baby boomers pass down their racism to millennials.
My mom was born in 1962, and always talks about her experiences traveling from Louisiana to Las Vegas during her summers as a kid. She once mentioned how her great aunt would carry a tin coffee can to urinate in. She found it disgusting, but now I know why our aunt did it. It was to avoid stopping in areas that weren't black friendly.
As a child in the 1970s, my grandparents would start at 3am with loads of food prepared before our travels from Mississippi to Chicago only stopping in Memphis and St. Louis for gas and restroom breaks along the way. I'm not even 50 and I can remember the residual of a time just before me...That old Chevy Impala sure could put in work.
sopadurso nope we dont even get 1 paid vacation a year, gotta use the 3 personal days for a short trip and hope you don't get sick all year bc you dont get paid if you're home sick. Cant pay the thousands of dollars in college debt. I hate living in america.
Jordan Vincent Wow... if this is for most Americans then... Guess I'll stay in Europe. (I wanted to move to America so badly but as time goes I realise it's better to stay in Europe)
In addition to the Green Book, Black people used a more colloquial tool to find lodging and services for People of Color: Word of Mouth. When my parents travelled through the segregated South, if they didn’t know someone from the area they would simply follow the first Black person they saw. They knew that the person would eventually lead them to the “Black Side” of town, where they would find lodging, food and entertainment. Almost all large towns had a thriving retail community owned and operated by the minority populace. Unfortunately, desegregation had a terrible impact on Black-Owned businesses and centers of commerce.
Ironically, for awhile at least, school desegregation was bad for black teachers. When black schools closed down and the students were sent to the areas’ better schools, all the black teachers were let go and not hired at the formerly all white schools.
I knew a black man that had been tied up and horse whipped for being "upppity". His name was Harry Hosely and he was a very hard worker. And your coment is what you got out of this video? And 320 people liked it? "Inconceivable!"
Yes, I am new. I try to challenge ignorance wherever I find it. I am only too well aware of the stranglehold ignorance has on the average person. Anyone who ever asked someone to logically examine his or her religious "beliefs" understands the real meaning of futility. I confront ignorance not to change the "ignorant" individual, rather, to offer fodder to those who can and do think for themselves. A lost cause? But,to completely ignore ignorance is to promote it. Imagine if all "thinkers" pointed to every ignorant act or ignorant statement. The ignorant would be facing a lost cause and politics in America would wear a different face. Maybe one from neither of major parties.
I had a history teacher who is black and loved through this and she actually told us about a road trip she took during segregation... It's crazy how close we are to this in history.
Thank you so much for doing this video. It's an unfortunate, but important part of our history. My father, who is 80 years old now, told me recently he was happy and honored to know that one of his neighbors, who babysat him, is listed in one of the editions of the Green Book for Waycross, Georgia.
Sadly I didn’t know of Victor Hugo Green or his green book until I saw the show lovecraft country. I was never raised by hateful people, I was always taught to love no matter the color of someone’s skin, but I never knew the real history other than what I learned in school. I was lied to, and it’s only made things worse in society. Victor was a hero!
My father born in 1944 Georgia’s and moved to Oregon in the 60s, in 2005 we drove from Georgia to Portland and he would only stop at certain towns because he remembeed what places treated him right in the 60s and he wouldn’t stop in the towns that treated black people wrong. This video has put me in tears thinking about my fathers journey as a black trucker on the roads of America.
Ooh, I’ve heard of this book, I wonder if there any old editions on EBay, it would be fascinating to take it on a road trip, see which places are still open and such
@@jathebest2835 Dang, this is an old comment. No, I never did buy it. It would be interesting to get my hands on it, but circumstances made it that I kinda forgot about the book and my little idea to compare and contrast.
@@samdragonborn5864 Yes, I watched this movie about 2 yrs ago and I was interested in the history of segregation but as my life got busy, I totally forgot about searching it. I'm not a American btw.
I feel safer finding lodging and staying in big cities than small towns in the US. I’m not even black, but the implications from a segregated America still carry on in the consciousness of today’s minorities. So crazy to think about.
I love this story. Greene wasn't a politician or CEO but he made a hefty chance in the safety and freedom of black Americans because he saw the need and picked up the cause. Would have loved to see a movie about him anf his network puting these books together
This was so recent and still occurs to a degree. I should not feel lucky or privileged based on the tone of my skin. We are all equals and should have always been treated that way. I really don't even understand why this is still an issue. I really wish it wasn't.
I've been denied service from black establishments and, much more commonly, given terrible service. There's a lot of places a white person doesn't dare go. Too bad we can't have a similar guide.
525lines-i don't know how common it is but it certainly exists. You can't even be in Cairo IL after dark if your white. Once my dad was driving through and didn't know. A cop pulled him over, told him to leave town for his safety, then personal escorted him to the city limits.
I always wondered why my grandparents never travelled across the country. They only took trips to see family only stopped at tried and true locations. This breaks my heart that my great grandma parents never were able to travel
Just realized that this was the year my mother was born! She is 55, a black woman who grew up in New York(?)(she doesn't really talk about her past) and my dad is older than her by about 10 years and he grew up in the Carolinas! My grandmother is also still alive and still in S. Carolina. I really need to make some calls!
Atlas Productions it means that whenever black people are mentioned in a video, people get mad about it and dislike it ("what about _insert race here_ people" headasses)
TheTitanian it’s called research I would hope you don’t just believe the first thing that pops up but actually research it and its source like any rational person should
To be 100% honest, this book could still relevantly be published today in some aspects. I go to college out in rural TN and although I’m white I’ve noticed many places around me that my roommates girlfriend who is black has been stared at or had things said to her. A lot of these towns I wouldn’t hang around to this day after dark.
Dr. Rockzo wrong, first let’s talk about music black people made jazz, rock and roll, pop and rap. Also all those high and mighty European countries stole most of Africa resources, which is why they got wealthier. Also black people invented a lot thing including traffic lights, gas mask, egg beater, elevator, hair brush, law mower, etc
It is very inspiring to see how much progress we have made in the last 50 years or so. 150 years ago slaves were freed and only 54 years ago was the Civil Rights Act passed. Despite what Trump and his racist supporters wants America to become. We are moving towards an equal right's country with no racial injustices of any kind. We are moving slowly, but we are getting there. It is only a matter of time now.
Its illegal to not serve someone based on the color of their skin. We dont need this book anymore. Skin color really doesn't matter to people with brains.
I'm glad they did this piece it really speaks to how awful and petty people were and still are about ones skin color. The green book is something I wish more people knew about. I mean I myself only recently heard of it. My family is from Africa and about a year ago my brother took a break from med school to go see the Ozarks in Arkansas. Along the way he stopped at a rural gas station and a motel and both took to making him feel like he should not have stopped there with the gas station actively tell him they had no gas to give him only to take payment from a group of motorcyclists that came in as he was leaving. Made him feel really low till he found a motel run buy an Indian family that gave him a room. It was there that one of the owners told him to be careful out in rural Arkansas and told him about the green book we had never heard of. when he told me about his experience it was sad to hear that pockets of this still exist in the miles of empty landscape but it was nice to hear that someone out there treated him as a person and not worse than dirt.
This is crazy. I never would of thought of this. My husband and I were talking about road trips and talking about how our parents would fry chicken and pack it up while going on the road. Now that I see this, this is probably why. Wow. This is crazy. Thanks for sharing this. ❤
In 1999, our family was driving to Disney Land from Canada - we were in Alabama, we had a police officer stop us and warn us not to go down 'That way because you might find some trouble'. I mean, I guess he was nice...
If you're interested in another piece of African-American history check out our video about the Great Migration, when black families left the South in staggering numbers, in search of better lives: bit.ly/2IpsRJo
It’s crazy how sun down towns STILL exist to this day and versions of his green book have become apps to STILL help guide black people to safe areas to live and rest. But y’all get mad when we talk about race. Sure it’s a new day, but the same hate still exists.
Thank God the book is obsolete. I still don’t get why people are afraid of others who look different from them. Just have a conversation and make a friend. There’s always something good to connect about.
The Green Book: Prime Example of Necessity the Mother of Invention Sundown Towns: America's dirty little secret 2016 Campaign Rhetoric: Let's Make America Great Again Question: For who? Thanks for sharing this gem of history
Sounds like an extremely frightening time for Black Americans. Terrible that something so simple as travel was made so difficult and with life threatening consequences! 😣😥😥
Slagon Drayer it's different from business turning down customers versus state segregation. These are two very different distinctions. For example in my country Sweden, Muslim owned business regularly reject Jewish customers, it isn't mandated by law nor is it illegal. Jewish people then go to other businesses thereby depriving the Muslim community of their money and friendship. Mind you I'm not advocating for segregation, I'm simply stating the difference.
I really loved this video! I never knew about this, and I'm glad to have learned something new. I haven't been on many road trips. My last one was as a child to Mexico. So I never really thought about how difficult it would have been for POC to do the same in the past. I think it's wonderful how one man compiled all this information to help his people out, and I'm sure he was happy that his book became obsolete.
I am a Japanese American and remember being refused service in the late 90s in upstate ny... and not to be obnoxious but our family lived in a wealthy NYC suburb (we had just dropped my brother off at summer camp which is why we were in upstate ny) and we might have been in a BMW (can’t recall if it was that car or the Volvo) - anyway the point is we were well dressed, educated, could obviously pay, and were behaving normally, just quietly waiting at the “please wait to be seated” sign at a diner as one does. The staff pretended they didn’t see us even while we waited for over 10 min while we could see they had plenty of empty seating, seated a white family who came in after us, and still would refuse to make eye contact with us, so we got the hint and left. Nothing overtly hostile, just a refusal to acknowledge our presence. I was still a kid so I didn’t say anything and my parents’ English isn’t perfect so probably the best course of action, especially since rural upstate NY is a scarily conservative place. Not sure what would have happened had we asked what was going on, and if I had been an adult back then, I might have asked, but alas we will never know. So no, not ancient history and not just a phenomenon in the Deep South.
For anybody wondering the song starting from 0:36 and at 3:09 is called "Unravel, Pt.1" from the album "Arts & Crafts". You can find it on Apple Music and I believe Spotify too. Hope you enjoy your day :) and don't get your eyes burned out from all the political comments...
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I was just about to comment the same thing. Can they at least give Roman Mars a shout out, or invite him to appear and comment on these topics?
Vox
You should have mentioned how when the Civil Rights Act was challenged in the Supreme Court, it was upheld under the interstate commerce clause because of state to state travel.
Vox Thank you for making a video about my great-grandparents & grandparents struggle. Black Lives Matter!
Hi, thanks Vox for bringing this topic to your international viewers like me.
May I suggest the black veterans of WWII for this topic of yours?
Maybe with this documentary? vimeo.com/ondemand/breathoffreedom
they did an interactive in the african american history museum in dc it was on the 2nd floor
So true. My father was born before WWII, and he would tell me stories about how they would travel to visit family in NYC from Charleston, SC. They traveled overnight without stopping, not even to use the bathroom. Stops along the trip could mean certain risk to your safety, no matter if you were in the Deep South or up North. And the whole preparing food before the trip is spot on. My late aunt would always prepare food, so they never had to stop. Times are just different now, but then the concerns were legitimate.
I can't even imagine how scary that must've been.
ret2rick I'm so sorry 😔, thank you for sharing
Rabbi Shekelbergstein Weak. Why do internet racists (or the title you cower behind when you get criticized in the "free market place of ideas", "trolls") only use other people's jokes.
You're like the perfect definition of racists: waiting on your rich masters to tell you how you're superior to your brethren so you don't focus on the people actually ruining your life.
Back on top, ret2rick, my significant other's family have told me similar things to what you're saying. Her mother was only 8 years old when the Negro Motorists' Handbook stopped publication, and the family never went on road trips for the very reasons cited in this video.
Hell, they never did a number of things because of the racism of the time period. Never learned to swim because they couldn't afford private pools, public pools were segregated, and when public pools were integrated, white families fled for the suburbs, taking their tax dollars with them, and thus public pools fell into disrepair or were closed down due to lack of funding in the years following segregation's end.
It's utterly fascinating how racism essentially pervaded every minor facet of everyday life I hadn't considered growing up because I'm white.
YOUNG D Can't you tell he's an anti-semite, plus his pic is stereotypical dipiction of a Jewish man.
Why do such videos bother so many people when it's only telling history? People really like to hide the elephant in the room with a thin cloth. Big ups to Vox for all the effort put into the video, very informative
YuranDeveloper That is a great question. It's telling people how the world was, but then people want to beat up the messenger, maybe because they feel ashamed.
YuranDeveloper That's the one detail Supremacists always leave out of their sales pitch. The fallout and eternal reputation...
I don't see that many people that are bothered by this. The dislikes are extremely low as well.
Becuase supremacists hate the truth
Do not think many were bothered by this video, as it has a pretty high like to dislike ratio.
I think my grandmother still has hers. She did a lot of traveling during that time and used to tell me stories about how she faced segregation. My step-grandpa is 95 years of age and probably has knowledge of this.
Ölivia T it’s sad they had to live through
Ask them about it while you can!
I still remember seeing copies of the Green Book at my grandparents' house. I didn't really know what it was, but they kind of used it like the Yellow Pages.
Ölivia T Offtopic buttt I’ve never heard the term step grandma, that’s a cool term to me!
Wow that's awesome and sad at the same time
My grandad STILL doesn't do road trips; after his uncounters in the late 60's, that was it. When my grandma got pregnant, he was done. He'll only go to our bi-annual family reunions cause they're on pre planned resorts. He's 69 years old.
I’m really sorry they had to go through that
the gag is.... that's the whole point of power. to stop you from doing something you want to do. the real tragedy, despite understanding his reasoning, is he limited himself bc of someone/thing else
@@jusletursoulglobaby Is it victim-blaming season already? Nice!
Nice
What happened to him?
It's funny. I see people fairly regularly going on about 'Why we're still talking about race'.
1963 was only some 55 years ago, let that set in. 55 years.
My grandmother is 83, she lived in a time where this was law. So did my dad and his siblings.
This resonates with us all, PoC everywhere.
Great video Vox.
✊🏽
I get what you're saying. Things have indeed changed. But could I ask you to look at the situation a little differently with me for a second?
A lot of people look at the situation as though 'enough' has changed and that's where the problem lies for me personally.
Adrian Ferrette
White people refuse to believe that redlining, dog whistles, and racism resonates throughout society. As anyone can see, they're quick to say get a job but then in the same frame of thought, don't get that a lot of companies look over blacks to be hired. This happens every day in this country.
youngsquire
Exactly!
Motivational Michael Your right, but A lot of hearts have not changed, ands that’s why we still see a lot racial discrimination today. There are still people alive from that era.
Affirmative action was literally a response to schools not wanting to let black ppl in as well as the extremely low number of them in college. In no way does it hold black ppl over white ppl. The same for equal opportunity hiring. Is funny how any thing that is done to support black ppl is seen as racistat by white ppl.
How are you not going to give someone gas??? Especially if you want them to leave lol
Irrational racist logic
if they left them outside long enough someone else would come by and murder them... did you miss that?
Its not that you want them to leave, you just dont want to help them.
They need to see them suffer to feel good about themselves.
Why would you expect ignorance to make any sense?
I am not American, but WOW didnt know that the segregation was so bad that even you would be denied service at the gas station!
Dominik Gadecki I've seen gruesome pictures of White Americans posing with hung and deceased corpses of non-whites, while having picnics. Less than 100 years old... 🇺🇸
That’s not even the half of it.
thats because the conservative white people keep telling us to shut up, get over it and that it wasn't a big deal. cuz they don't want the rest of the world to know the truth about them. I would love to see what the world would think of america if they knew its history like we do.
It was worse than just that.
Our country has made a lot of progress in the time since. Something I'm proud about. That being said, there's much more room for growth in tolerance.
The "Sundown" rule is so daunting. I can't imagine how people would go threw so much mental, physical, and emotional pain by just being born different.
They weren't/aren't born "different"; they were born HUMAN.
@Alexi Sweetheart, I'm black. Lol!
@@momoiida5505 sweatheat i know you trying to make an effort, but instead of saying there is no difference, lets say we have different culture and we are equally respected.
There are sundown towns for white people .
... would go through* so much (threw = past tense of "throw")
It's the American Dream,yet it's not for every American
Attwood TV Pretty much. The American Dream is a white construct sold to benefit themselves…
It’s only for those who strive to achieve it. We don’t want to be communists, sorry.
America was a nation founded and built by white men. Black Americans had their chance to build their own nation which was gave to them by James Monroe and the American Colonisation Society but yet most chose to stay.
Aaron Conlon lol what? What does race have to do with this? It's 2018. Stop caring about race so much.
Aaron Conlon hold up, do you hear what you're saying, the American Colonization Society just dropped them on the west coast of Africa with the few sources of help and a territory they had never been accustomed to, and you expect them to suddenly create a Utopia with pixie dust?
Never forget how recent this was.
Great video. Greater music.
The strings were so nice. Shazam didn’t offer any help.
What song was the string instrument play in?
Skornik & Skornik - Unravel
soundcloud.com/skornik/01a-unravel-ak14a
nicotine&gravy you’re the best
You see why black people "can't just forget about it" the things black people had to go through and this was not too long ago!
All minorities faces prejudice not just blacks
@@kenishi8781 something tells me you never had to face it.
@@kenishi8781 k.
@@kenishi8781 “ not just blacks ” yeah I know what type person u is
@@kenishi8781 not at the rate of black people and if that's your defense that all face it then why aren't doing something to fix it then?
My grandfather, traveling through the deep South for his work, had copies of this book, the Green Book. From what my father told me, it was a lifesaving resource.
I'm glad it's immortalized in places like the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture, and on the Internet. Thank you for making this video.
It's so ironical how those decades were glorified by many as America's best times. It proves how single story can have different angles.
It’s like you can’t even bring up history or facts without people trying to label your political affiliations. Whenever Liberal media touches on social topics it just brings out the haters.
Or even worse, when people go on like "you know Democrats used to be racist" or "Democrats started the KKK." Like, yes, that's true, but when democratic leaders started turning away from racist policies, all the racists left and jumped ship to the Republican party lol
J Girl yeah 2 parties just completely switched sides... Does that really seem likely to you? Could that happen today? The answer is no, Robert Byrd for example apologized for being in the KKK and Dems forgave him...
out of 21 dem senators in the south, only 1 switched sides after 1965. And the Repubs didnt have a southern majority until the 1990s
Why would that make you feel bad? Really curious as I am white myself and never felt bad or uncomfortable because of learning about history. Every nation has dark elements in its past and the strongest ones are able to stand up and confront them. How would you feel if Germans had the same attitude towards learning about WWII because "it made them feel bad for being German"?
This video doesn't do any of that. It just makes some old white people look stupid.
"Black motorists had to travel with prepared food"... that brings up an interesting connection for me.
When I was a kid in the 70's, my grandmother and my mom would road trip with me and my sister from California to Texas in the summer to visit relatives. My grandmother always brought a big cooler full of food in the trunk of her Cadillac. It contained fried chicken, sandwich fixin's, and other items and we'd stop periodically at rest stops to eat. We rarely stopped at restaurants or for fast food but I didn't really care too much because I knew we always had food with us. When I grew older, I thought this was just Grandma being thrifty and practical by bringing food, keeping travel costs at a minimum. Now, because of this video, I'm thinking otherwise.
As you've probably figured, I'm black and of course my family is black. When I became an adult, my Mom told me about traveling in very much the same way when she was a child. On one trip my grandparents drove their family along Route 66 past Flagstaff, Arizona near where the Grand Canyon is located. Everyone in the car wanted to go see the Canyon, except for my Grandfather, who was driving. Since he was in command of the car, the family didn't get to see it. My Grandpa never went on those road trips with Grandma after I was born. I always wondered why my grandfather seemed to be so incurious to see the country but I figured maybe he didn't like strange places or being on the road.
Now, because of this video, I'm thinking differently about his reluctance to travel. I knew traveling while black must have been difficult at that time, but now I'm getting a bit of an expanded perspective. Both my grandparents are passed away now... so asking them would be a bit difficult. I'll have to rely on my Mom for those answers.
Good thing is, I used to work as tour guide, taking tourists to see the Grand Canyon. When my Mom, sister, niece and nephew came to visit me in Sedona, AZ last year, I took them all to see the Grand Canyon. It was a gift for my Mom's 75th birthday. Mom finally got to see the Grand Canyon through me.
Traveling while black has changed a bit, I think...
Dude, write a book lol that comment was like a mile long 🤦
@@TheRandomINFJ It's called "having a day off and nothing else to do".😁
@@hendrsb33 don’t let anyone deter you from making long comments! This is good discussion I wouldn’t have known otherwise.
@@younghoneysuckle Of course. I love reading long comments if the commenter has something interesting to share. 👍
@@TheRandomINFJ the comment wasnt even that long
Victor Green, an absolute hero!
Great to hear that the Green Book went out of print. Victor Green must have been one of the few publishers to be happy that his book became obsolete.
And this was only 54 years ago. The United States has a looooooong way to go for true equality in every facet of American Life.
Rudie Obias
Long way? No, it does not.
And that, is called communism.
Rudie Obias we already have equal rights.
Drumisfum Yeah, black Americans disproportionately incarcerated longer than whites for the same crime, no compensation from the housing discrimination only to be displaced again by gentrification, making voting harder for minorities and police brutality.
@@Skyflyer-go5or It isn’t. It’s called egalitarianism. Communism is a broad spectrum of social, economic, religious, fiscal, public, domestic, monetary and foreign policy perspectives. You can’t just say “equality is communism and communism bad so equality bad”. It shows glaring ignorance towards a very complex and diverse topic.
Reminder that the average millennial's parents were alive during this. But racism was "so long ago".
This video touched my heart, thank you for making this
It makes sense how America is so racist today. It’s really not too long ago that this was way of life. Lots of people who were allowed to be openly racist are still alive but have been relatively silenced. Their thoughts and habits probably didn’t get lost just because others object. Racism is rampant in America again, thanks to their lack of leadership. They are gaining back the ability to say how they truly feel publicly.
rampant again? fam.... it never wasnt rampant.
Exactly!
That was a wonderful story of one man who truly made a difference in America, that hasent been recognised for his significant impact in protecting people's live and well being. He should be honored !
Mark Romero salute
This is heartbreaking. My parents were raised in the 50's and 60's and i'm still just a millenial. Not a very distant past...
Racism won't be gone completely until our generation is dead. Like you said, a lot of millennials parents are baby boomers and the baby boomers pass down their racism to millennials.
My mom was born in 1962, and always talks about her experiences traveling from Louisiana to Las Vegas during her summers as a kid. She once mentioned how her great aunt would carry a tin coffee can to urinate in. She found it disgusting, but now I know why our aunt did it. It was to avoid stopping in areas that weren't black friendly.
As a child in the 1970s, my grandparents would start at 3am with loads of food prepared before our travels from Mississippi to Chicago only stopping in Memphis and St. Louis for gas and restroom breaks along the way. I'm not even 50 and I can remember the residual of a time just before me...That old Chevy Impala sure could put in work.
But that was after the civil rights act
The laws may have changed but the attitudes remained the same.
Its 2018 and the USA workers still don't have access to mandatory paid vacations. Sad : (
sopadurso nope we dont even get 1 paid vacation a year, gotta use the 3 personal days for a short trip and hope you don't get sick all year bc you dont get paid if you're home sick. Cant pay the thousands of dollars in college debt.
I hate living in america.
Move to Europe! 4 weeks paid vacation BY LAW here!!! Oh and the universal healthcare is a big plus too:)
What kind of job do have that you don't get paid time off? I'm American and I would never accept a job without it.
My Stupid Opinion Apt moniker, you have there.
Jordan Vincent Wow... if this is for most Americans then... Guess I'll stay in Europe. (I wanted to move to America so badly but as time goes I realise it's better to stay in Europe)
In addition to the Green Book, Black people used a more colloquial tool to find lodging and services for People of Color: Word of Mouth.
When my parents travelled through the segregated South, if they didn’t know someone from the area they would simply follow the first Black person they saw. They knew that the person would eventually lead them to the “Black Side” of town, where they would find lodging, food and entertainment. Almost all large towns had a thriving retail community owned and operated by the minority populace.
Unfortunately, desegregation had a terrible impact on Black-Owned businesses and centers of commerce.
Ironically, for awhile at least, school desegregation was bad for black teachers. When black schools closed down and the students were sent to the areas’ better schools, all the black teachers were let go and not hired at the formerly all white schools.
this deserves more likes. you hit the nail on the head
Colored people =/= "People of Color"
Colored people = native Black Americans, specifically
People of color = non white people, post-millennium
Considering the lack of seatbelts, airbags, and road safety, driving back then was like the Wild West, anything goes!
Now I wouldn't say that's a fair or relevant comparison.
Salokin also if you need road side assistance youd have to walk to the nearest town (which could be miles) or wait for someone to pass you.
Salokin
Cars were better back then.
V8s, leaded fuel, manual transmissions, etc.
I knew a black man that had been tied up and horse whipped for being "upppity". His name was Harry Hosely and he was a very hard worker. And your coment is what you got out of this video? And 320 people liked it? "Inconceivable!"
Yes, I am new. I try to challenge ignorance wherever I find it. I am only too well aware of the stranglehold ignorance has on the average person. Anyone who ever asked someone to logically examine his or her religious "beliefs" understands the real meaning of futility.
I confront ignorance not to change the "ignorant" individual, rather, to offer fodder to those who can and do think for themselves. A lost cause? But,to completely ignore ignorance is to promote it. Imagine if all "thinkers" pointed to every ignorant act or ignorant statement. The ignorant would be facing a lost cause and politics in America would wear a different face. Maybe one from neither of major parties.
I had a history teacher who is black and loved through this and she actually told us about a road trip she took during segregation... It's crazy how close we are to this in history.
Thank you so much for doing this video. It's an unfortunate, but important part of our history. My father, who is 80 years old now, told me recently he was happy and honored to know that one of his neighbors, who babysat him, is listed in one of the editions of the Green Book for Waycross, Georgia.
Sadly I didn’t know of Victor Hugo Green or his green book until I saw the show lovecraft country. I was never raised by hateful people, I was always taught to love no matter the color of someone’s skin, but I never knew the real history other than what I learned in school. I was lied to, and it’s only made things worse in society. Victor was a hero!
I almost cried after the video ended.
Boy, shut yo sensitive ass up.
Never mind I just cried.
YogurtStudio lol hilarious
just stop
me too. Glad to know it wasn't just me
My father born in 1944 Georgia’s and moved to Oregon in the 60s, in 2005 we drove from Georgia to Portland and he would only stop at certain towns because he remembeed what places treated him right in the 60s and he wouldn’t stop in the towns that treated black people wrong. This video has put me in tears thinking about my fathers journey as a black trucker on the roads of America.
Thank you for getting it right! "Black Americans!"
Ooh, I’ve heard of this book, I wonder if there any old editions on EBay, it would be fascinating to take it on a road trip, see which places are still open and such
some are most places names have changed
So did you buy it?
@@jathebest2835 Dang, this is an old comment. No, I never did buy it. It would be interesting to get my hands on it, but circumstances made it that I kinda forgot about the book and my little idea to compare and contrast.
@@samdragonborn5864 Yes, I watched this movie about 2 yrs ago and I was interested in the history of segregation but as my life got busy, I totally forgot about searching it. I'm not a American btw.
Abebooks seems always to have it. Lots from United Kingdom, but what price history?
This made me tear up a little because the fact that someone had to make a guide on staying safe on the road in regards to one’s race is saddening.
I feel safer finding lodging and staying in big cities than small towns in the US. I’m not even black, but the implications from a segregated America still carry on in the consciousness of today’s minorities. So crazy to think about.
Paddy L. In the South, all black people know that if you're going on a trip, you don't stop in any small towns.
I love this story. Greene wasn't a politician or CEO but he made a hefty chance in the safety and freedom of black Americans because he saw the need and picked up the cause. Would have loved to see a movie about him anf his network puting these books together
Vox always has the best background music, and they all fit perfectly with the video!
This was so recent and still occurs to a degree. I should not feel lucky or privileged based on the tone of my skin. We are all equals and should have always been treated that way. I really don't even understand why this is still an issue. I really wish it wasn't.
Don’t be fooled by liberals. This is anti-white propaganda by Vox as usual.
Anna-Clara ⬅⬅⬅see this person comment? This is exactly the type of person this video is talking about.
I've been denied service from black establishments and, much more commonly, given terrible service. There's a lot of places a white person doesn't dare go. Too bad we can't have a similar guide.
525Lines
That's a nice little fairytale right there...lol
525lines-i don't know how common it is but it certainly exists. You can't even be in Cairo IL after dark if your white. Once my dad was driving through and didn't know. A cop pulled him over, told him to leave town for his safety, then personal escorted him to the city limits.
I have a new respect for Exxon Mobil for being distributors for the book.
I always wondered why my grandparents never travelled across the country. They only took trips to see family only stopped at tried and true locations. This breaks my heart that my great grandma parents never were able to travel
Just realized that this was the year my mother was born! She is 55, a black woman who grew up in New York(?)(she doesn't really talk about her past) and my dad is older than her by about 10 years and he grew up in the Carolinas! My grandmother is also still alive and still in S. Carolina. I really need to make some calls!
Uh-oh, Vox mentioned black people. Prepare for the dislikes.
Jordan Taylor What's that supposed to mean?
Atlas Productions it means that whenever black people are mentioned in a video, people get mad about it and dislike it ("what about _insert race here_ people" headasses)
A'dreana Williams Ahh okay, thanks for the explanation, I was getting different vibes from that sentence
Uh-oh, Vox is bringing up race for the umpteenth time. Better write some self-righteous ass comment.
"This is liberal propaganda! Vox is run by race-baiting cucks! Fake news! kek"
So if I was a black truck driver during that time.I would definitely need the green book...
Book is still relevant, jfyi.
you wouldn't have been a truck driver if you where black, they hired only whites...
Allison Vinave can you site your info please
TheTitanian just google it
TheTitanian it’s called research I would hope you don’t just believe the first thing that pops up but actually research it and its source like any rational person should
Its 2018 and we still need this.
To be 100% honest, this book could still relevantly be published today in some aspects. I go to college out in rural TN and although I’m white I’ve noticed many places around me that my roommates girlfriend who is black has been stared at or had things said to her. A lot of these towns I wouldn’t hang around to this day after dark.
Wait so let me get this straight, this is a story, where the big oil companies are... good?
Marcus Ryser right?! Shits wild
Nope, just Esso/Exxon Mobile.
The rest discriminated.
Exxon mobile will always get business from me just for their support
Maybe they thought it was in their financial interest to promote road travel
@@mardr7461 what a concept
I don't know why I just started crying.
USA: The land of selective freedom...
The fact that we even needed a book to navigate where we can go bothers me. Black folks have always known resistance
Dr. Rockzo wrong, first let’s talk about music black people made jazz, rock and roll, pop and rap. Also all those high and mighty European countries stole most of Africa resources, which is why they got wealthier. Also black people invented a lot thing including traffic lights, gas mask, egg beater, elevator, hair brush, law mower, etc
ask Elvis if we never contribute......i know what caucasians contributes where ....hate rape murder laws for ur weak ass and the patented
people who lived through this are still alive...this is not some distant memory.
They most certainly are.
It is very inspiring to see how much progress we have made in the last 50 years or so.
150 years ago slaves were freed and only 54 years ago was the Civil Rights Act passed.
Despite what Trump and his racist supporters wants America to become. We are moving towards an equal right's country with no racial injustices of any kind.
We are moving slowly, but we are getting there. It is only a matter of time now.
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JR 2020 Thanks for sharing this. People should watch that whole video by VICE and also watch 13th on Netflix.
I think we need a new edition of the book
It'd be a book of black-owned businesses
Its illegal to not serve someone based on the color of their skin. We dont need this book anymore. Skin color really doesn't matter to people with brains.
Gavrilo Princip to avoid companies and businesses that discriminates against black people.
Gavrilo Princip maybe for Muslims in USA 😕
Muslims are the new black people, We need a Martin luther King
I'm glad they did this piece it really speaks to how awful and petty people were and still are about ones skin color. The green book is something I wish more people knew about. I mean I myself only recently heard of it. My family is from Africa and about a year ago my brother took a break from med school to go see the Ozarks in Arkansas. Along the way he stopped at a rural gas station and a motel and both took to making him feel like he should not have stopped there with the gas station actively tell him they had no gas to give him only to take payment from a group of motorcyclists that came in as he was leaving. Made him feel really low till he found a motel run buy an Indian family that gave him a room. It was there that one of the owners told him to be careful out in rural Arkansas and told him about the green book we had never heard of. when he told me about his experience it was sad to hear that pockets of this still exist in the miles of empty landscape but it was nice to hear that someone out there treated him as a person and not worse than dirt.
I read Opening the Road to my 4th graders (nearing 5th grade) and then we watched this video. Thank you for putting this together.
I wish they had this book today for muslims😢
Don't be silly.
Wait wasn't Gaddafi a muslim?
hey, start it
My stepdads grandmother said it was gods gift of travel.
Wow! I never knew/ and even thought of this - gives a whole new meaning, power, and beauty to me (An African-American Women) now taking a road trip.
This is crazy. I never would of thought of this. My husband and I were talking about road trips and talking about how our parents would fry chicken and pack it up while going on the road. Now that I see this, this is probably why. Wow. This is crazy. Thanks for sharing this. ❤
In 1999, our family was driving to Disney Land from Canada - we were in Alabama, we had a police officer stop us and warn us not to go down 'That way because you might find some trouble'.
I mean, I guess he was nice...
The fact that this even had a reason to be printed in the first place bothers me...
Sounds about white
Fighting fire with fire I see. Ironic.
GET THEM!
lordsauron910 but it's true? lololol
Sounds about black
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This video made me feel more than that green book movie ever could
? Have they made a movie about Libya?
If you're interested in another piece of African-American history check out our video about the Great Migration, when black families left the South in staggering numbers, in search of better lives: bit.ly/2IpsRJo
Hey, what is the name of the sad background music?
what is the music at the end? Its really good.
...so you were watching ugly delicious on netflix :)
Great video👏
I never knew this book existed. Great work Vox!
The combination of the voice over and the music makes this video is endearing to a subject that’s a part of America’s history.
It’s crazy how sun down towns STILL exist to this day and versions of his green book have become apps to STILL help guide black people to safe areas to live and rest. But y’all get mad when we talk about race. Sure it’s a new day, but the same hate still exists.
Thank God the book is obsolete. I still don’t get why people are afraid of others who look different from them. Just have a conversation and make a friend. There’s always something good to connect about.
The comments are fairly good and nice now. But ,as we all know, the party poopers are on their way😔
Jenner Arkannsas Why do you worry so much about comments that are not even written on a youtube video? Lol what a pathetic snowflake.
Diego why do you worry so much about the comment that's also not written on a TH-cam video
They have Black History Month, but we have Fathers Day. We have graduations and college seminars. They have funerals and parole hearings.
*trump supporters are on there way
Deen The brain yes, because all trump supporters are racists and hate you.
The Green Book: Prime Example of Necessity the Mother of Invention
Sundown Towns: America's dirty little secret
2016 Campaign Rhetoric: Let's Make America Great Again
Question: For who?
Thanks for sharing this gem of history
Think of yourself on a road trip with no toilets but only a tin
I'd imagine being listed in the Green Book would be a big "lynch me" sign
That violin music is so good, wish I knew what it was called.
3:37 is it obsolete? August 2017 “NAACP issues its first statewide travel advisory, for Missouri”
That's right
the beginning makes me wanna take a roadtrip
Such a beautifully edited video! Thanks vox for not only educating us but also providing something cool to look at.
I still won’t stop in the south to go to the bathroom, those restrooms are nasty...
Thank you my black brothers & sisters for taking L's in the 50's & 60's it helped to expand to civil right era and civil rights
Sounds like an extremely frightening time for Black Americans. Terrible that something so simple as travel was made so difficult and with life threatening consequences! 😣😥😥
So important to remember history. Videos like this are important.
This video is more deserving of that Oscar, along with Mr. Ali
The violin music in the background gives such a hauntingly beautiful yet sorrow feel that perfectly compliments the joys and sorrows of the past~
Conservatives want these "good ol days" back. When that happens, the economy will tank.
Thank you to every single person who let them lodge, eat, and fill up. All of you are everyday heros
Libertarians will tell you that is a "free market".
Slagon Drayer it's different from business turning down customers versus state segregation. These are two very different distinctions. For example in my country Sweden, Muslim owned business regularly reject Jewish customers, it isn't mandated by law nor is it illegal. Jewish people then go to other businesses thereby depriving the Muslim community of their money and friendship.
Mind you I'm not advocating for segregation, I'm simply stating the difference.
Slagon Drayer any segregation law is fundamentally un-libertarian
Yes comrade, I know. ANY law is un-libertarian. They are for anarchy and allowing people to act deplorable, as long as it is profitable.
Slagon Drayer the original amendments of the constitution are libertarian
lol you mean government laws
I really loved this video! I never knew about this, and I'm glad to have learned something new. I haven't been on many road trips. My last one was as a child to Mexico. So I never really thought about how difficult it would have been for POC to do the same in the past. I think it's wonderful how one man compiled all this information to help his people out, and I'm sure he was happy that his book became obsolete.
Thank you for telling the full history. Every time that era gets brought up the South gets demonized when really it was all over the US.
Amazing.Great video, thanks for making us all wiser
Wow that’s was really deep... thank you for your information, keep up.
I love the 50s and 60s footage collection this channel has. Personally I'm a fan of this era of history.
Good job Vox!!!!
This narrator's voice is amazing to listen to, makes the video sound so amazing.
I am a Japanese American and remember being refused service in the late 90s in upstate ny... and not to be obnoxious but our family lived in a wealthy NYC suburb (we had just dropped my brother off at summer camp which is why we were in upstate ny) and we might have been in a BMW (can’t recall if it was that car or the Volvo) - anyway the point is we were well dressed, educated, could obviously pay, and were behaving normally, just quietly waiting at the “please wait to be seated” sign at a diner as one does. The staff pretended they didn’t see us even while we waited for over 10 min while we could see they had plenty of empty seating, seated a white family who came in after us, and still would refuse to make eye contact with us, so we got the hint and left. Nothing overtly hostile, just a refusal to acknowledge our presence. I was still a kid so I didn’t say anything and my parents’ English isn’t perfect so probably the best course of action, especially since rural upstate NY is a scarily conservative place. Not sure what would have happened had we asked what was going on, and if I had been an adult back then, I might have asked, but alas we will never know. So no, not ancient history and not just a phenomenon in the Deep South.
Wow! What sad story. I'm so sorry that you have experienced with that. 😞☹
The old 50s footage gives me goosebumps, its so beautiful.
The creator of the green book wasn't even mentioned in the movie or speech. Gawd so mad that movie.
I'm not American but I like to dig into other country's history as well as my own. But when I dive deep into American history.
God bless America :))))
For anybody wondering the song starting from 0:36 and at 3:09 is called "Unravel, Pt.1" from the album "Arts & Crafts". You can find it on Apple Music and I believe Spotify too. Hope you enjoy your day :) and don't get your eyes burned out from all the political comments...
Though the circumstances that necessitated it were ugly it's sort of touching how ppl in that community still came up with ways of helping each other
I’m white and I am glad I wasn’t born in this generation where my ancestors are mostly racists!