2016 Conference

[Linda Anderson]

(04-14-2016 06:30 PM)Lincoln Wonk Wrote:  

(04-14-2016 01:43 PM)L Verge Wrote:  I don't remember that. In fact, the only name that jumps quickly in my mind is the Blue Bird Motel on Route 301 because that's where I learned the color story (if it is really true).

That's a fascinating idea. A code that only certain people can decipher although its plastered across the front of buildings.

I did a little research and found some information on the The Negro Motorist Green Book. From Wikipedia: "The Negro Motorist Green Book (at times styled The Negro Motorist Green-Book or titled The Negro Travelers' Green Book) was an annual guidebook for African-American roadtrippers, commonly referred to simply as the Green Book. It was originated and published by New York City mailman Victor H. Green in the United States from 1936 to 1966, during the Jim Crow era, when open and often legally prescribed discrimination against non-whites was widespread. Although pervasive racial discrimination and black poverty limited ownership of cars among African Americans, the emerging black middle class became car owners. In response, Green expanded the coverage in his book from the New York area to much of North America, also founding a travel agency."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Negro_...Green_Book

Here's a link to the Spring 1956 edition of the Green Book. Washington DC accommodations are on p. 15 and Maryland's are on p. 27.

http://library.sc.edu/digital/collection...nbook.html

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/24/green.b...k.history/