Sarah Vaughn performed at the Flamingo Club when Lois Perry worked there as a waitress. “She once handed out a $100 bill and said, ‘Keep the change, darling,’” Perry says before breaking into laughter ...
In 1947, a downtown YMCA served as a safe resting place for Black motorists traveling to Houston across a segregated America. There was also Eva's restaurant on Dowling Street, now Emancipation Avenue ...
"The Negro Motorist Green Book" was a book filled with safe havens for Black Americans traveling through the U.S. during the ...
HAMPTON — The history of the Bay Shore Hotel, a popular Hampton Roads destination and “home away from home” for Black Americans during a time of racist segregation laws, is getting renewed attention ...
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