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Green, Victor H

LC control no.no2011183850
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingGreen, Victor H.
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Variant(s)Green, Victor Hugo
See alsoFounded corporate body of person: Victor H. Green & Co. (Publisher : New York, N.Y.)
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Founder of work: Negro motorist green book
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Founder of work: Negro travelers' green book
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Founder of work: Travelers' green book
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LocatedHarlem (New York, N.Y.)
Birth date1892-11-09
Death date1960
Field of activityAfrican Americans--Travel--Guidebooks
Profession or occupationPublishers and publishing Letter carriers
Found inThe Negro motorist green book, ©1949: t.p. (Victor H. Green, editor)
Wikipedia, March 24, 2017 (Victor Hugo Green (Nov. 9, 1892 - 1960) was an African American postal employee from Harlem, New York City, best known for developing and writing what became known as The Green Book, a travel guide for African Americans in the United States; founder of Victor H. Green & Co.)
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo_Green>
"The Green book" in Britannica online, viewed 22 July 2024 (successive official titles: The Negro motorist green book, The Negro travelers' green book, and The travelers' green book; began in 1936 by Victor Hugo Green of Harlem, N.Y.; annual guidebook for African-Americans to identify and advertise lodgings, gas stations, restaurants, and other businesses that would serve them, including both Black- and white-owned businesses)
   <https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Green-Book-travel-guide>
Associated languageeng