num_pages: 32
description: Ruth and the Green Book is the story of one black family's trip from Chicago to Alabama by car in the late 1940s. Along the way they encounter prejudice but they also discover The Green Book a real guide to accommodations which was published for decades to aid African-American travelers as they faced prejudice on the roads across the country.
language: English
title: Ruth and the Green Book
publisher: Carolrhoda Books