In honor of Black History Month, the Boston Globe took a look at the hundreds of Green Book locations throughout New England.

Initiated by Victor Green in 1936, the book started with about 15 pages and expanded to include locations in every state before going international.

It began with the discovery that there was a New England edition of the guide listing places where Black travelers were ...

Published by postal worker Victor Green, they helped Black people ... only a few in early publications, later books included ...

Victor Hugo Green, the creator of the Green Book, was born in New York City in 1892. He moved to Harlem in 1933 and began managing Robert Duke, his brother-in-law and a touring musician ...

And the book has a D.C. connection: Library staff uncovered many never-before-seen photos for the exhibit. "A lot of people don't know that D.C. actually had 150 locations in the Green Book.