The Mother of the Green Book Ignored by History

The movie “Green Book” has brought attention to Victor Hugo Green, the African American postman who began publishing the guide to places that welcomed African American travelers during the Jim Crow era. Victoria Martinez writes about his wife, Alma Duke...

Hotels Grapple With Racial Bias

A hotel clerk calls a black guest a “monkey.”  A white guest asks a black woman and her daughter if they bathed before swimming in the hotel pool. Elaine Glusac reports on incidents of racial bias like these that African Americans encounter while...

New York Public Library Digitizes The Green Book

The New York Public Library has digitized the famous Green Book, “a mid-century guide for black travelers looking for hospitality during Jim Crow…. [T]ry planning a trip using The Green Book, ‘No permission required, no hoops to jump through: just go...