New York Public Library provides the GREEN BOOKS. These were like local travel guides to help African-Americans find out where they were welcome when they traveled.
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY - GREEN BOOKS - AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
EXCERPT: From 1936 to 1966, Victor Green, a postal worker who worked in New Jersey but lived in Harlem, published the directories known today as the Green Book. (The Actual titles were variously" The Negro Motorist Green Book; The Negro Traveler's Green Book; the Travelers' Green Book.) These listed hotels, restaurants, beauty salons, night clubs, bars, gas stations, etc. where Black travelers would be welcome. In an age of sundown towns, segregation, and lynching, the Green Book became an indispensable tool for safe navigation.
A valuable aspect of African American History.
You may find that some of the locations appear on the 1940 census and have residents.
