I read an article from a friend about something call The Green Book published during the Great Depression until The Civil Rights Movement listing lodgings, dining places, and gas stations that would serve African-Americans. Later it included beauty parlors and shops in all 50 states, Bermuda, Mexico, and Canada. When the Civil Right Movement gained the right to visit any business w/out being refused service, the book ended pulicaton because it was no longer needed.
I was a history major in college and never heard of The Green Book. Learn something new every day.
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