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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White Tower Lodge | Pleasantville, NY |
White Towers | Pleasantville, NY |
White Wall Motel | Rt. 302 Littleton, NH |
Whitman Hotel | 160-11 89th Ave., Jamaica 2 Queens, NY |
Whitney | 22 W. 54th Street Manhattan, NY |
Whitney Barber Shop | 524 West 9th Street Little Rock, AR |
Whitney Hotel | 2997 Pine Street Beaumont, TX |
W. H. Leonard Drug Store | 701 S. Pine St. San Antonio, TX |
Wickie Wackie Club | High Falls, NY |
Wickware's Cities Service Station | 628 N. Bois D'Arc Tyler, TX |
Wike's (Wilke's Eat Shop) | 1804 N. Taylor Ave. St. Louis, MO |
Wilcox Cafe | 335 Evesham Ave. Lawnside, NJ |
Wiley College | Marshall, TX |
Wiley's Restaurant | 1908 N. 5th St. Kansas City, MO 1908 N. 5th St. Kansas City, MO |
William Campbell | 22 Milnor Buffalo, NY 342 Adam St. Buffalo, NY 210 Brunswick St. Buffalo, NY |
Williams | 208 Broadway West Brighton, NY |
William's | 2011 7th Ave. Harlem, NY |
William's | 2017 5th Ave Harlem, NY |
Williams Apartment & Baby Grand Sandwich Shop | 314 South 11th Street West Memphis, AR |
Williams Barber Shop | 121 East 9th Texakana, AR |