Traditional clothing fabric can’t withstand the book binding process, and it isn’t sturdy enough to function as a cover. In the 1820s publisher William Pickering and bookbinder Archibald ...

“The Negro Motorist Green Book ” cover, 19 47 . " The Green Book embodied mutual aid in action," explains Trudy Gaba, curator for social justice at the Freedom Center.

The Green Book was published by Victor Hugo Green, who was a letter carrier from New York. He published it every April from 1936 until 1967, and it cost 25 cents per copy.

The cover of “Fallen Stars” keeps the green scheme of the book’s original cover design, now with crested waves and a mermaid, who will be a central part of the romance plot, Erriu says.

“The Negro Motorist Green Book ” cover, 19 47 . "The Green Book embodied mutual aid in action," explains Trudy Gaba, curator for social justice at the Freedom Center. "Black communities, collectively ...