White man in blackface robs black man in back of cab

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe those regions of the United States where segregation and Jim Crow laws were disgracefully applied.

"Hunky" Dorrey and "Dinky Dubbs are on the run from the cops. They consider getting a job. After one gets his face blackened from a car's exhaust, they see an ad for a "colored Pullman porter". Mistaken identity due to accidental blackface drives the remainder of the plot. The two wind up on a train, where they run into the police again.

A young black man is verbally harassed by an older woman on a streetcar, while the other passengers remain silent. He finally exacts his revenge.

A young black man is verbally harassed by an older woman on a streetcar, while the other passengers remain silent. He finally exacts his revenge.

Jackson Blackman just can't get a break. He gets no respect from his roommate or friends, he plays out to empty coffee houses and scrubs money off his grandmother. Just when he thought things couldn't get any worse his car dies, but is it a blessing in disguise? After roommate Kato drives him to a music shop Jackson is mistaken for Jack Black. Kato convinces him that this could be a new and prosperous chapter in his life. That night he meets Farin, a girl that likes him for who he is.