Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book Cover:Hardcover We lift our flags high

We lift our flags high above us in pride

This story will inspire

Ella Fitzgerald

Lorraine Hansberry

Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book Cover:Hardcover We lift our flags highIn the vein of Hidden Figures comes a nonfiction picture book about the Green Book, a travel guide by Victor Hugo Green, a Black postal worker from Harlem, made to help African Americans stay safe while traveling during segregation. As a mail carrier, Victor Hugo Green traveled across New Jersey every day. But with Jim Crow laws enforcing segregation since the late 1800s, traveling as a Black person in the US could be stressful, even dangerous. So in