"The Negro Motorist Green Book" Events at the Bayou Teche Museum

In partnership with The Iberia African American Historical Society and Shadows-on-the-Teche, the Bayou Teche Museum presents a series of events reflecting on the history of The Negro Motorist Green Book. Victor Green's 1936 publication served doubly as a travel guide and a survival guide for African Americans traveling around the United States well into the 1960s. In conjunction with the Smithsonian Institute exhibit by the same name on display at the Louisiana Capitol Park Museum in Baton Rouge, the Bayou Teche Museum invites all to reflect on the history of safe havens, sundown towns, and the struggles and obstacles faced by African Americans in our country throughout the twentieth century. See the line up of events here: 

August 9: Book Club Zoom discussion of Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights

August 21: Screening of The Green Book, the Academy Award-winning motion picture, at the Grand Theater. 6 pm. 

August 28: Screening of The Negro Motorist Green Book, a Smithsonian documentary, at the Sliman Theater, followed by a moderated panel discussion including New Iberia's actual Green Book sites. 2 pm. 

All events are free and open to the public, but screening seating is limited and guests will be seated on a first come, first served basis. (337) 606-5977. bayoutechemuseum.org.