mr. ramsey: he was a citizen. >> exactly. and they were wrong, not him. mr. ramsey: will your father's name? >> richard irving. and my mother's name was betty wright. she is almost 90 years old. she is in florida. they retired and moved to florida. she does not live here. >> that was amazing. [applause] mr. ramsey: that is paula. i was in harlem, and that was right across from the polo grounds on edgecombe avenue. and if you familiar with edgecombe? i was going to interview a gentleman who was in the military used green book, traveling across the country. and paula was just sitting on the bench, just sitting there. she asked what we were doing, and we mentioned we were filling some people about the green book. she said my parents had a green book, and that is how we got paula. we had no idea she and all these stories. we have another clip of her that is very dramatic, i hope you get a chance to show it. how many of you have a great book, heart of the green book, -- family members owed a green book, or heard of the green before now? i went to an auction, and a

mr. ramsey: and that did not work?> my parents just drove straight through it me sick, alternating with my mother driving and my father driving. i remember it. begging withing, me in his arms. please, my daughter is sick. mr. ramsey: wow. back to st. louis or the nearest town. >> they went straight through to kansas. mr. ramsey: that is incredible. >> my sister was not born. i was like two. i remember that. that really made an impression. even though -- when you get out that far places were not that close together. mr. ramsey: and he got information. he was a male man himself. -- mailman himself. he was right around the corner. where the small paradise was located and where the i hop is. that is where his office was. hackensack as a mailman and he retired. >> everybody used this book. >> [indiscernible] he gives you a little different flavor about it was like on the open road as far as children traveling with parents. it was not always pleasant. it was not always comfortable. area of solso an many cities and counties c

mr. ramsey: good afternoon. glad to see you all out tonight. i am a new transplant in new york city.ave been here 2.5% and -- 2.5 years and i really love new york. part of my reason for coming to new york was because of victor green. victor hugo green, the man who started the green book. how many of you have great parents born in another country -- in another country? you started the immigration story as well. african-american community, got on the road, to look for a better life for themselves and their families and they called it the great migration. victor lawrence than a whole 60 panel exhibit on this that was here last summer. i had the fortune of being able to go and film all panels. but what the green book is about is about traveling with dignity. being on the road, being a -- able to stop, eat, use the restroom. you just feel safe. without humiliation, without threats of violence or death. victor green, who had a seventh grade education, lived in harlem, he worked and happens like new jersey as a letter carrier. he started working in 1913, and in 1918 he got married to a woma

mr. ramsey's upcoming documentary, "the green book chronicles." the brooklyn historical society hosted this event. it's about an hour and 15 minutes. >> we are thrilled to present a program dedicated on the green book which if you don't know anything about it, you probably do if you're here but in case you don't, it was conceived and published by a postal worker victor h. green starting in the mid 1930s to help african-american travelers travel safely during a time when segregation and jim crow laws were in effect. awareness of the guide faded until tonight's amazing speaker, award winning author and playwright calvin alexander ramsey started working on a documentary chronicling the rise and fall of the green book as told by those who were around to use it. it was co-produced by becky sears who was unable to be here tonight but another co-producer graciously agreed to share raw footage and talk about the history of the publication as well as how it was that this exciting film project began. to whet your appetite i'm very happy to start off with a

mr. ramsey's upcoming documentary, "the green book chronicles." event. it's about an hour and 15 minutes. >> we are thrilled to present a program dedicated on the green book which if you don't know anything about it, you probably do if you're here but in case you don't, it was conceived and published by a postal worker victor h. green starting in the mid 1930s to help african-american travelers travel safely during a time when segregation and jim crow laws were in effect. awareness of the guide faded until tonight's amazing speaker, award winning author and playwright calvin alexander ramsey started working on a documentary chronicling the rise and fall of the green book as told by those who were around to use it. it was co-produced by becky sears who was unable to be here tonight but another co-producer graciously agreed to share raw footage and talk about the history of the publication as well as how it was that this exciting film project began. to whet your appetite i'm very happy to start off with a trailer for the upcoming film. take a moment

mr. ramsey. i kind of have three questions but i'll make them real quick.s was there information about mexico? and two, was there information about sundown towns? and what cities or regions sold the most green books, i guess? >> well, the northeast had most of the listings. and what happened after world war ii is that a lot of the american soldiers were studying abroad, living different places, the white soldiers. some places where they really didn't have a lot of jim crow issues, the americans were importing jim crow to new regions, like to the caribbean, parts of canada, to paris. and so it got to a point where victor green had to list places, some of these places that ordinarily or beforehand it wasn't an issue is. but after the american g.i. started going these places, we don't associate with these people back home. we don't want to do it here. i've talked to folks from jamaica who said at one time they could go in the front door of the hotels. it got to a point where the larger hotels would ask them not to do that. this was something imported. victor g

mrs. black: thank you for yielding, congressman zeldin. i appreciate that. i do want to recognize lieutenant governor ron ramsey, who is going to be retiring after this year's -- after his years of service. mr. speaker, today i rise to honor my friend, lieutenant governor ron ramsey, on his upcoming retirement from the tennessee state senate. it's not an exaggeration to say that lieutenant governor ramsey changed tennessee history. he was, after all, our first republican lieutenant governor in over 140 years. his legacy will be one of preserving that which makes tennessee special. our low tax burden, our commitment to fiscal responsibility, and our tradition of defending life. it was among one of the great honors of my professional career to serve as chairman of the state republican caucus under his leadership. and to partner with him as we laid the groundwork for the conservative supermajority that we enjoy today in tennessee. i will never forget being in the senate chamber the moment that lieutenant governor ron ramsey was elected. he came to the well of the senate floor and before doing anything else, paid h