List of African American hotels, motels, and boarding houses

African American hotels, motels, and boarding houses were founded during segregation in the United States, offering separate lodging and boarding facilities for African Americans. The Green Book (1936–1966) was a guidebook for African American travelers and included hotel, motel, and boarding house listings where they could stay.[1]

Alabama

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California

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Colorado

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Florida

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Illinois

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Kentucky

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Michigan

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Mississippi

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Missouri

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New York

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North Carolina

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Ohio

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Oklahoma

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South Carolina

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Pine Tree Hotel in Mosquito Beach, South Carolina undergoing renovations in 2021

Tennessee

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Virginia

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Washington, D.C.

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Wisconsin

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Other areas

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kemp, Mark (August 26, 2020). "The Green Book Guide to North Carolina". Our State.
  2. ^ "A. G. Gaston Motel Restoration". Putting People First. Official Website for the City of Birmingham, Alabama. July 5, 2024.
  3. ^ "Dunbar Hotel Building Urban Impact Office, Historical Marker". HMDB.
  4. ^ "Ben Moore Hotel".
  5. ^ "Ben Moore Hotel and the Rooftop Garden Restaurant".
  6. ^ Tales of the American: The Story of the American Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. Indie Rights Incorporated (earlier Nelson Medison). 2018. ISBN 9781350901155.
  7. ^ Thomas, Sean P. (28 March 2018). "The Arts District's American Hotel is the Subject of a New Documentary". Los Angeles Downtown News.
  8. ^ a b c d Nolte, Carl (March 2, 2019). "Green Book detoured Bay Area's black travelers around racism". The San Francisco Chronicle.
  9. ^ Saito, Leland T. "African Americans and Historic Preservation in San Diego: The Douglas and the Clermont/Coast Hotels" (PDF). The Journal of San Diego History.
  10. ^ Fulbright, Leslie (February 16, 2009). "Some S.F. African American history landmarks". SFGate.
  11. ^ "Sarasota Historic Preservation Board Denies Permit to Demolish Historic Hotel Built During Segregation". Sarasota Magazine. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
  12. ^ "Mary Elizabeth Hotel & Fiesta Club – Going Overtown". Retrieved 2024-10-06.
  13. ^ "Historical Monument Trail : Visit". thetampariverwalk.com. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
  14. ^ Favorite, Merab (February 12, 2017). "Sunday Favorites: Newtown and Overtown". The Bradenton Times.
  15. ^ "Three pioneers who changed the face of Sarasota and Manatee counties". Your Observer. June 29, 2023.
  16. ^ Tracy, Steven C. (November 2011). Writers of the Black Chicago Renaissance. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252093425.
  17. ^ Wetli, Patty (2019-02-20). "The Real 'Green Book' In Chicago: Vacant Lots Replace Black-Owned Businesses That Once Thrived In Bronzeville And Beyond". Block Club Chicago. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
  18. ^ "Gotham Hotel | Historic Detroit".
  19. ^ Jones, Booker (April 27, 2023). "Historic Mississippi Hotel That Served Blacks During Jim Crow Is Demolished".
  20. ^ "Queen City Hotel". The Mississippi Blues Trail.
  21. ^ "Ask Rufus: The Queen City Hotel". 30 September 2017.
  22. ^ Leaves of Healing. Zion Publishing House. 1904. p. 804 – via Google Books.
  23. ^ a b The Negro in Business. Hertel, Jenkins & Company. 1907.
  24. ^ "History – The Historic Magnolia House". www.thehistoricmagnoliahouse.org.
  25. ^ Osby, Jasmine (August 4, 2023). "One of America's Oldest Black-Owned Motels Reopens in North Carolina". Travel Noire.
  26. ^ "Rhone Hotel | NC AAHC". aahc.nc.gov.
  27. ^ Nakashima, Erena; House, Christina Hartlieb with research support from Hariett Beecher Stowe. "The Edgemont Inn - A tavern and boarding house listed in the "Negro Motorist Green Book"". Cincinnati Sites and Stories.
  28. ^ Morris, Shawn. "Majestic Hotel - "America's Finest Colored Hostelry"". Cleveland Historical.
  29. ^ Brenda Cain, cleveland com (February 25, 2022). "Green Book Cleveland rewriting city's Black history, finding lost sites". cleveland.
  30. ^ Team, Green Book Cleveland. "Majestic Hotel".
  31. ^ "Safe travels: Exhibit explores the fabled Green Book". The Blade.
  32. ^ "O. W. Gurley: The Visionary of Black Wall Street Tulsa". blackwallstreet.org.
  33. ^ "Ebony Guest House (U.S. National Park Service)". NPS.
  34. ^ "Pine Tree Hotel, Mosquito Beach, South Carolina". African American Heritage Preservation Foundation.
  35. ^ "Defining the Dumas Legacy". The Roanoke Star. 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
  36. ^ Angst, Maggie (January 12, 2017). "Historic African-American sites in Milwaukee to get attention". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
  37. ^ "Hotels shut their doors to Black artists - Hennepin History Museum". 29 April 2022.
  38. ^ "Golden West Hotel". OregonEncyclopedia.org.
  39. ^ "Where We Live". Build Baton Rouge. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
  40. ^ Simek, Peter (2018-02-26). "Lost Dallas". D Magazine. Retrieved 2024-10-06.