There was a time when a Black family couldn't just get in the car and drive across Georgia. You needed a book to tell you where it was safe to stop.
The Green Book, started in 1936 by Harlem mail carrier Victor Hugo Green, listed hotels, restaurants, gas stations, salons, and private homes across America that would actually serve Black travelers. Georgia had its own listings — Macon's Douglass Hotel, service stations on Atlanta's Auburn Avenue, and more.
A few things the video didn't have room for: mail carriers were the secret engine of the whole thing. Postmen knew exactly which homes on their routes would take in travelers, and they mailed reams of listings to Green. Readers sent in their own suggestions too — user-generated content decades before the internet. It sold about 15,000 copies a year at its peak, and being listed as a "tourist home" was considered an honor. It stopped publishing in the 1960s after the Civil Rights Act. Most of the buildings are gone now, but a few, like Thomasville's Imperial Hotel, still stand.
Georgia, did your family ever travel with the Green Book?
馃摎 Sources: Smithsonian NMAAHC; Atlanta History Center; NYPL Green Book Archive
#GreenBook #BlackGeorgiaHistory #JimCrow #BlackTravel #HiddenHistory
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There was a time when a Black family couldn't just get in the car and drive across Georgia. You needed a book to tell you where it was safe to stop.
The Green Book, started in 1936 by Harlem mail carrier Victor Hugo Green, listed hotels, restaurants, gas stations, salons, and private homes across America that would actually serve Black travelers. Georgia had its own listings — Macon's Douglass Hotel, service stations on Atlanta's Auburn Avenue, and more.
A few things the video didn't have room for: mail carriers were the secret engine of the whole thing. Postmen knew exactly which homes on their routes would take in travelers, and they mailed reams of listings to Green. Readers sent in their own suggestions too — user-generated content decades before the internet. It sold about 15,000 copies a year at its peak, and being listed as a "tourist home" was considered an honor. It stopped publishing in the 1960s after the Civil Rights Act. Most of the buildings are gone now, but a few, like Thomasville's Imperial Hotel, still stand.
Georgia, did your family ever travel with the Green Book?
馃摎 Sources: Smithsonian NMAAHC; Atlanta History Center; NYPL Green Book Archive
#GreenBook #BlackGeorgiaHistory #JimCrow #BlackTravel #HiddenHistory
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A 17-year-old boy was killed because he drifted a few feet too far while swimming.
His death became the spark that ignited one of the deadliest racial conflicts in Chicago’s history — the 1919 Chicago Race Riot.
What happened next exposed a painful reality: a simple act of being in the wrong place could cost a Black person their life.
History remembers Eugene Williams — not just as a victim, but as a reminder of the struggles that shaped America.
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His death became the spark that ignited one of the deadliest racial conflicts in Chicago’s history — the 1919 Chicago Race Riot.
What happened next exposed a painful reality: a simple act of being in the wrong place could cost a Black person their life.
History remembers Eugene Williams — not just as a victim, but as a reminder of the struggles that shaped America.
Follow for more untold stories from history.
#nowaythisisreal #truestory #blackhistory #injustice #history
A 17-year-old boy was killed because he drifted a few feet too far while swimming.
His death became the spark that ignited one of the deadliest racial conflicts in Chicago’s history — the 1919 Chicago Race Riot.
What happened next exposed a painful reality: a simple act of being in the wrong place could cost a Black person their life.
History remembers Eugene Williams — not just as a victim, but as a reminder of the struggles that shaped America.
Follow for more untold stories from history.
#nowaythisisreal #truestory #blackhistory #injustice #history
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video showing a woman questioning a man about his residency at an Illinois apartment complex pool has ignited a significant debate after circulating on X, Daily Dot reported. The footage, which originated on Facebook from Leo Sullivan, depicts a woman approaching him and his children while they are at the pool.
video allegedly showing white woman calling police on Black family at pool
video showing a woman questioning a man about his residency at an Illinois apartment complex pool has ignited a significant debate after circulating on X, Daily Dot reported. The footage, which originated on Facebook from Leo Sullivan, depicts a woman approaching him and his children while they are at the pool.