15. The title changed to The Negro Traveler’s Green Book for 1952
The Index Page for the 1952 edition contained a note which read, “We have necessarily changed the name of our guide…” and explained that the use of the word motorist in the title was misleading, as the guide covered, “…any mode of travel”. The book contained a list of America’s National Parks and contact information for each of them. A description of New Orleans and its many tourist destinations was included in the edition, though it ended with somewhat of a caveat to its readers, “All in all, any visitor who goes to this great city with an open mind to enjoy all that it has to offer – should be rewarded”. The book listed thirteen hotels in New Orleans which welcomed Black travelers.
The following year an airline edition appeared. “This year it is our distinct privilege to introduce to our Green Book patrons the miracle of modern travel – Air Transportation”, the guide announced. Descriptions of three airlines followed; Pan American Airways, American Airlines, and Trans-World Airlines, and readers of the guide were “earnestly” urged to consider air travel as their mode of transportation for both business and pleasure. The same edition contained a description of Louisville, Kentucky, both as a city of residence and as a tourist destination. Louisville at the time was one of the most severely segregated cities of the United States, a situation which did not change until the 1960s.