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Apr 8, 2020 · The Green Book was created as a guide by and for African Americans to safely find everyday amenities like restaurants, stores, pharmacies, and motels in a time of intense segregation across America. Researching Green Book sites documents the physical legacy of Jim Crow-era segregation and has found over 100 Green Book sites in 26 towns across ...
Apr 8, 2020 · Around the same time that Etta Watson opened her home in Baltimore City to travelers, three women in the small, more rural, City of Frederick, Maryland in Western Maryland. Frederick was one of only three Maryland towns listed in the Green Book between the years 1938 and 1964.
He launched the publication in 1936, a time of segregation in America and "Jim Crow" laws [state and local laws enforcing racial segregation] throughout the South, when "driving while black"...
Dec 16, 2018 · This inspired-by-real-life story follows a tough, Italian-American bouncer from the Bronx hired to drive Don Shirley, a black world-class classical pianist, on his tour through the Jim Crow South...
The Negro Motorist Green Book was a literal lifeline for Black travelers during the Jim Crow era in America, connecting them with lodging, restaurants, gas stations, and other resources designed to provide safe passage across an unfriendly and often dangerous landscape.
Jul 25, 2019 · Green was born in the Netherlands around 1720 emigrated to America in her youth. On April 25, 1738, she married Jonas Green, a son of New England printers, in Philadelphia. Shortly after their marriage, the Greens moved to Annapolis, where Jonas set up a small print shop in a house on Charles Street.
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Feb 22, 2019 · In production from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s, the book offered a road map for African Americans navigating roads across the country, showing where black drivers and their families could eat...
