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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Bertha Hotel | 54 Meeting St. Providence, RI |
Bertie's | 2422 Annapolis Road Baltimore, MD |
Bert's Tavern | 174 W. Kinny St. Newark, NJ 211 Renner Ave. Newark, NJ |
Bessie's Beauty Parlor | 1526 1/2 Sam Rankin Corpus Christi, TX |
Bessie's Chicken Shack | 338 Vance Ave. Memphis, TN |
Best's | 5th Avenue & 51st Street Manhattan, NY |
Bethpage Motel | Hempstead Tpke., Bethpage Nassau , NY |
Betsy Ann | 442 North Ave. New Rochelle, NY |
Betty's beauty parlor | 641 E. Brambleton Ave. Norfolk, VA |
Betty's Blue Room | 1363 Stebbins Ave. Bronx, NY |
Beulah's | 296 Manhatten Ave. Harlem, NY 350 Manhatten Ave Harlem, NY |
Beulah's | 350 Manhattan Ave. Harlem, NY |
Beverly Bros. Tavern | R.F.D. No. 1 Hewlett, VA |
Beverly Hills | 303 West 145th St. Harlem, NY |
B. F. Foster Barber Shop | 204 Harrison St. Amarillo, TX |
B & F Tailors | 1005 Apperson Street Little Rock, AR |
B. Garrett | 2311 7th Ave Harlem, NY |
Bidwell's Motel | 1304 So. 5th Ave. Pocatello , ID |
Big Apple | 2300 7th Ave. Harlem, NY |
Big Apple | 2300 7th Ave Harlem, NY |