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How To Travel While Black During Jim Crow
Topic Started: Dec 8 2015, 10:50 AM (46 Views)
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https://hereandnow.wbur.org/2015/11/23/green-book-travel-guides-history

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Travel in America really started to flourish in the mid-20th century, as cars became more common and roads got better. But for many black Americans, traveling wasn’t as easy as picking a destination and hitting the road.

This was the era of Jim Crow and the civil rights movement, and there were potential land mines everywhere for black travelers, from hotels and businesses that would turn them away, to “sundown towns,” where being out after dark meant risking arrest, beatings or worse.

To help black Americans navigate these land mines, a postal worker named Victor Hugo Green started publishing a guide for black travelers, originally called the Negro Motorist Green Book, nicknamed the Green Book. It was published almost every year from 1936 to 1966.

This year, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City digitized its entire collection, making the green books accessible to younger generations who have never seen them.

Here & Now’s Indira Lakshmanan talks with Maira Liriano, chief librarian at the Schomburg Center, about the history and evolution of the Green Books.




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During that time, Black ham operaters also came out with a "Blue Book", so Black hams could find room and board while traveling!

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Dear OMIK family,

It is almost time for the 2015 OMIK Blue Book to be produced. To assure
that you are represented correctly here are a few pieces of information.

(1) Only active (paid) members are listed in the Blue Book each year. If
you are unsure of your status please email our club Secretary, Steve, W0SJS
atsjschm at gmail.com

(2) If you have had a change of address, phone or email or want to update
any of the contact information about yourself please email our club
Secretary, Steve, W0SJS at sjschm at gmail.com

(3) If you would like your picture to be placed in the Blue Book with your
listing:

(a) the charge is $5.00 and should be paid by check made payable to
OMIK and mailed to our club

Treasurer, Ron, KA0ETF at his Blue Book home address.

(b) please send the picture you want in the Blue Book directly to
Cornelius, KR0Z, at his home address

or via his listed email. Remember, the picture will be printed as a
black and white image so a good quality

color image or black and white image is best.

(4) If you have any other questions about the Blue Book please contact
Cornelius, KR0Z, at his listed email.

Thanks

Steve, W0SJS

OMIK Secretary

Steve Schmitz, W0SJS
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