Navigating Jim Crow: The Green Book and Oasis Spaces in North Carolina Pop-up Exhibit
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Friday, Jun 4, 2021 6pm - 8pm
Location
Moore Square
200 S Blount St
Details
Did you know that over 300 businesses in North Carolina were listed in the Negro Motorist Green Book? In fact, there were 327.
“The Negro Motorist Green Book,” published between 1936 and 1966, was both a travel guide and a tool of resistance designed to confront the realities of racial discrimination in the United States and beyond. The book listed over 300 North Carolina businesses — from restaurants and hotels, to tourist homes, nightclubs and beauty salons — in the three decades that it was published. The exhibit “Navigating Jim Crow: The Green Book and Oasis Spaces in North Carolina” highlights a complex statewide network of business owners and Green Book sites that allowed African American communities to thrive and created “oasis spaces” for a variety of African American travelers.
Stop by Moore Square (near Square Burger) during First Friday on June 4 from 6-8 p.m to get all your questions answered by State Capitol staff. Visitors can view the exhibit and also grab information on the new Green Book self-guided walking tour of the sites of historic Raleigh businesses mentioned in the Green Book. The tour will be available exclusively online. In the event of rain, pop up exhibitions may be moved.
