'Green books' like this one offered Black travelers welcoming places to eat and stay when away from home. (Courtesy of Nebraska State Historical Society) LINCOLN — Stories from the public are being ...
As far as we know, only two documents survive to account for a man’s death in a jail cell in St. Augustine, Florida, on the evening of Oct. 20, 1945. One is a death certificate: It states that an ...
WATCH: Correspondent Helena Getahun-Hawkins explains why the Green Book was important for Black people outside of the Jim Crow south. Near the mid-20th century, tucked away in the glove compartments ...
ASHEVILLE - In the early 1920s, a home at 360 College St. was bought by a women-led community organization known as the Employment Club. The group would go on to create the Phyllis Wheatley branch of ...
Images courtesy of New York Public Library Digital Collections - The Green Book showed which businesses were friendly to traveling African Americans. Two businesses in Salisbury, Dalton's Lunch and ...
Clare Corbould has received funding from the Australian Research Council. Since becoming president, Donald Trump has issued a record number of executive orders. Several aim to dismantle federally ...
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WLRN has partnered with PolitiFact to fact-check Florida politicians. The Pulitzer Prize-winning team seeks to present the true facts, unaffected by agenda or biases. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., a ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Stories from the public are being sought to complete research into the state’s history during the Jim Crow-era, when African-Americans used a “green book” to find ...
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