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Victor Hugo Green (November 9, 1892 - 1960〔 〕) was a Harlem, New York, USA, postal employee and civic leader. He developed and wrote what became known as ''The Green Book,'' a travel guide for African Americans in the United States at a time when their choices of lodging, restaurants and even gas stations was restricted in many places, including outside the South. It was first published as ''The Negro Motorist Green Book'' and later as ''The Negro Travelers' Green Book''. The books were published from 1936 to 1966. Green reviewed hotels and restaurants that did business with African Americans during the time of Jim Crow laws and racial segregation in the United States. He printed 15,000 copies each year. In the 1930s, Green began his work by compiling data on stores in the New York area that accepted black travelers, and published his first guide in 1936. Similar guides had been published for Jewish travelers, who sometimes faced discrimination.〔 Green's guide was so popular that he immediately began to expand its coverage the next year to other US destinations, adding hotel and restaurants as well. After retiring from the Postal Service, Green continued to work on updating issues of ''The Green Book.'' In addition, he developed the related travel agency business he had established in 1947. ==Biography== Victor Hugo Green, named for the noted French author, was born on November 9, 1892, in New York City, the eldest of three children of William H. and Alice A. Green. His family moved and he grew up in suburban Hackensack, New Jersey.〔1910 Federal Census for Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey〕 Starting in 1913 he worked in Bergen County, New Jersey as a postal carrier for the US Postal Service.〔〔 In 1918 Green married Alma Duke (1889-1978) of Richmond, Virginia.〔http://www.teachingushistory.org/ttrove/documents/GreenBook.pdf Novera C. Dashiell, "Many Happy Returns", ''The Negro Motorist Green Book of 1956'', Teaching US History, p. 6, accessed 25 Aug 2010〕 She came to New York as part of the Great Migration from the South to northern cities in the early twentieth century. After their marriage, the couple moved to Harlem, New York, which was attracting blacks from across the country. It developed as a center of black arts and culture in the period of the Harlem Renaissance. They lived in an apartment at 580 St. Nicholas Avenue.〔1930 Federal Census for Manhattan Borough (part of 21st Assembly District), City of New York, Enumeration District 31-1000, Page 5-A, Lines 15-16〕 He died in 1960. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Victor H. Green」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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