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Green Book project reveals which Greater Akron spots were safe havens during Jim Crow era
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAkron’s “Little Harlem” neighborhood was buzzing with excitement Sept. 24, 1935, when up-and-coming...
Ark. house listed in Green Book for Black travelers during Jim Crow being moved in salvage effort
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Latimore Tourist Home in Russellville, Arkansas, was listed in the 1949 edition of The Negro...
The Green Book Helped Black Motorists Survive America’s Highways During Jim Crow
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPhoto Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Pixabay/Courtesy of HarperCollins/Library of...
White America Just Learned What The Green Book Is, Thanks To 'Jeopardy!'
Blavity via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMost schools, especially public ones, tend to dance around the real history of race and race...
'Green Book' exhibit features Asheville places safe for 20th century Black travelers
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 5 months agoASHEVILLE - In the early 1920s, a home at 360 College St. was bought by a women-led community...
BLACK HISTORY: Green Book was ‘like a Bible’ for Black travelers
WAVY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoHAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — Imagine a period of time in our history where a class of people carried a book...
The race to save Silicon Valley's untold Black history: 'Nobody had recorded any of this ever'
USA TODAY via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoIn 1958, Roy Clay Sr. set off in a shiny 1956 Black Ford on a four-day, 2,300-mile journey from his...
Tips For Making Income As A Black Person Who Travels
Blavity via Yahoo News· 9 months agoTraveling while Black has seen drastic changes throughout the years. For over 30 years, Victor Hugo Green’s The Negro Motorist Green Book was the safety...
How Excelsior Club became a hub for Charlotte’s Black community over the years
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Excelsior Club, a two-story white home on 921 Beatties Ford Road in west Charlotte, became the...
Celebrating Bill Russell’s Slade’s Bar and Grill, a historic haven for Boston’s Black community
Celtics Wire via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoBill Russell left his mark on more than the Boston Celtics in the city where he won an NBA-record 11...