Navigate the virtual exhibit by using the arrows on the slide above.
If your instructor is giving you credit for taking the online quiz, access it from the button below.
Visit the Oasis Spaces page from the African-American Heritage Commission for information about the exhibit and the history about the Green Book in North Carolina.
Visit the New York Public Library digitalized Green Book collection and map exhibit.
Visit the Smithsonian's Virtual Exhibit here explaining the role of the Green Book and Esso gas stations.
For more streaming video, try these databases.
The Digital Library on American Slavery is a project based at UNCG and focused on making primary sources about American Slavery accessible to all. The newest searchable database from this project is People Not Property and can accessed here.
What was the Green Book and Oasis Spaces?
The Negro Motorist Green Book, later known as The Negro Traveler’s Green Book in 1952, and the Travelers’ Green Book in 1960, was a travel guide published between 1936 and 1966 that listed hotels, service stations, restaurants, and other places where African American travelers were welcomed. It was created by Victor Hugo Green, a postal worker from Harlem, New York City. Though the first edition focused on places welcoming of African Americans in New York City and its surrounding areas, it grew to cover the United States and even international destinations.
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