With the children’s book Ruth and the Green Book, Calvin Ramsey details a family’s journey from Chicago to Alabama in their brand new automobile. However, as they travel into states where Jim Crow laws still exist, Floyd Cooper’s pastel oil paintings depict the outright hostility and racism the family faces as they travel south. A friendly gas station attendant hands them a copy of the Green Book, a publication that was used widely by black families as they traveled in the twentieth century, providing them with a guidebook to the restaurants, hotels, and other establishments where black travelers would be welcomed.

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Calvin Ramsey – http://calvinalexanderramseysr.com/
Floyd Cooper – http://www.floydcooper.com/

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