Establishments
In the mid-twentieth century, African American travelers required the same types of services as their white counterparts. The Green Book’s listings were varied enough to enable young people coming to a strange city to arrive at the local YMCAs and YWCAs after finding a friendly taxi cab driver at the train station while also helping families find their way to a tourist home or musicians to a suitable hotel.
For African Americans traveling between the relative freedom of a hometown to less familiar places, the listings for gas stations, motels, and pharmacies ensured safe passage in distant towns. For guests traveling to large cities for social events, the publication helped travelers find dance halls and restaurants in a timely manner. As time passed, The Green Book grew to include a very wide range of establishment types that answered every possible traveling need.
Title | Addresses |
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Millers Tourist Home | 3rd and Alabama streets Arkadelphia, AR |
Miller Tailors | 916 Gaines Street Little Rock, AR |
Millicent | 32 Bennet St. Port Richmond, NY |
Millicent's | 826 St. Nicholas Ave. Harlem, NY |
Millicent's Beauty Salon | 301 West 141 St. Harlem, NY |
Milligan's | 1008 Concordia Ave. St. Paul, MN |
Mim's Cafe | 1603 East 12th St. Kansas City, MO |
Mineola Hotel | 193 2nd St., Mineola Nassau , NY |
Mingo Motel | 4749 Reed Rd. at Chocolate Bayou Houston, TX |
Minnehaha Motel | 1905 E. Lincolnway Cheyenne, WY |
Minnie WilliamsTX160 | 406 Old Kilgore Hiway Henderson, TX |
Miss Ardella Whalen | Jefferson, Maryland |
Miss C. Woodridge Tourist Home | 418 Adams St. Jefferson City, MO |
Miss Daisy Robinson Tourist Home | 658 Essex St. Plainfield, NJ |
Miss G. Harrison | 1001 North "F" St. Las Vegas, NV |
Miss G. H. Freeman Tourist Home | 1414 29th St. Galveston, TX 1414 29th St. Galveston, TX 1414 29th St. Galveston, TX |
Miss L. Brown Tourist Home | 1216 Dawson St. San Antonio, TX |
Miss P. Tanner Tourist Home | 110 N. Indiana Ave. Atlantic City, NJ |
Miss R. Scott | 244 N. Division St. Buffalo, NY |
Miss R. Scott Residence | 244 North Division Street Buffalo, NY 14203 |