The Green Book listed businesses in over 300 cities in the U.S. and Canada where Black customers were welcome. While most of the businesses listed were located in major cities, the Green Book also ...

hotels and other places where Black motorists were made to feel welcome. The Friendly Barber Shop, in North Amityville, formerly known as "Jimmy's," was one of the sites listed in the Green Book ...

The Green Book was a travel guide African Americans ... African Americans were not always welcome in different places because if you got into a different town you didn’t know where you could ...

(WAVY) — Imagine a period of time in our history where a class of people carried a book to find businesses that would welcome them ... as “The Negro Motorist Green-Book.” ...

NINA MOINI: During the era of Jim Crow laws and racial segregation, 87 locations in Minnesota were listed in the Green Book, a guidebook that helped Black travelers find lodging, businesses ...

S. In the 1930s, it was a welcome sight for single young Black women in need of a place to stay. The former Phillis Wheatley House in downtown Canton is highlighted in the Green Book Cleveland ...

It was a home away from home for people not welcome in other places, a place featured in Green Books used by Black families, including Ward’s, who shared her story on the floor of the Virginia ...

But its famed leader and pianist, Don Shirley, who was black, knew his welcome was conditional ... who has turned their journey into Green Book, a new film garnering Oscar buzz.