# data[].attributes.attachment_caption
Also known as The Negro Travelers' Green Book, or Green Book. Created by Victor Hugo Green (November 9, 1892 -- October 16, 1960), a Harlem postman who wanted to create a tool to subvert white supremacy. The first edition was published in 1936.

# data[].attributes.body
"Started in 1936 by Harlem postman Victor Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book was a guide published over three decades that helped African Americans travel the country safely, and with dignity, during a time of Jim Crow laws and segregation. The Green Book was also an indispensable resource for the era’s successful Black-owned businesses and rising African American middle class."

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
THE GREEN BOOK

Started in 1936 by Harlem postman Victor Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book was a guide published over three decades that helped African Americans travel the country safely, and with dignity, during a time of Jim Crow laws and segregation. The Green Book was also an indispensable resource for the era's successful Black-owned businesses and rising African American middle class.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Started in 1936 by Harlem postman Victor Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book was a guide published over three decades that helped African Americans travel the country safely, and with dignity, during a time of Jim Crow laws and segregation. The Green Book was also an indispensable resource for the era's successful Black-owned businesses and rising African American middle class.

# data[].attributes.body
My project, the New Green Book, will document modern-day locations in the Southern United States that provide a sense of utopia and safety for Black queer non-men particularly.

# data[].attributes.attachment_caption
Introduction of the 1946 Green Book; Source: The Library of Congress 

# data[].attributes.attachment_caption
Index from the 1946 iteration of The Green Book ; Source: Library of Congress 

# data[].attributes.attachment_caption
Explanation from the 1946 iteration of The Green Book; Source: Library of Congress

# data[].attributes.attachment_caption
Florida Page of the 1946 Green Book ; Source: The Library of Congress 

# data[].attributes.body
The first stage of this project’s manifestation would be a sort of oral history project, documented across a multitude of mediums (as a podcast, on a website, etc). I hope to interview Black queer women of all ages and from all areas of the South, learn about their lives, their experiences, and those spaces that served as utopic ones for them. Those oral history interviews would be shared virtually across variant platforms, featuring details on the location they chose and how to access it still today.

# data[].attributes.attachment_caption
From the LGBTQ Policy Spotlight: Mapping LGBTQ Equality in the US South

# data[].attributes.headline
Part 2: The Textual and Physical Project

# data[].attributes.subject
Part 2: The Textual and Physical Project

# data[].attributes.body
Textually, I hope that the second phase might include the actual development of this new green book. I would (ideally) have a book project separated by state, with each state section featuring the interviews of the Black women from that area and their locations. I could include a transcript of the interview or a summary of it, a picture of the woman I interviewed (if they’re comfortable), and details on the location.

Physically, I also hope to mark those spaces that still exist (if it is safe to do so in that area). I imagine a small installation, community event, or just a placard at that location to honor it as a place in history that was life-saving and life-changing.

# data[].attributes.attachment_caption
Atlanta, GA -- Ms. Geneva Haugabrooks owned a funeral home on Auburn Street in Atlanta, which she opened with only $300 in 1929 and kept going until 1977. She operated with a single hearse and a small number of employees.