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The Green Book in Maryland: The Blue Star Motel and The Blue Jay Hotel in Southern Maryland
The Green Book was a guide created by and for African Americans in the 1930s through 1960s to safely find everyday amenities like restaurants and hotels during a period of intense institutionalized racism across America. Over 100 sites were listed in the Green Book...
Exploring Green Book Sites in Maryland: Interview with Anne Bruder
The Green Book was created as a guide by and for African Americans to safely find everyday amenities like restaurants, stores, pharmacies, and motels in a time of intense segregation across America. Researching Green Book sites documents the physical legacy of Jim...
The Green Book in Maryland: The Watson Tourist Hotel in Baltimore City
The Green Book was created as a guide by and for African Americans to safely find everyday amenities like restaurants, stores, pharmacies, and motels in a time of intense segregation across America. Researching Green Book sites documents the physical legacy of Jim...
The Green Book in Maryland: The Harmon Hotel on Jonathan Street in Hagerstown
The Green Book was created as a guide by and for African Americans to safely find everyday amenities like restaurants, stores, pharmacies, and motels in a time of intense segregation across America. Researching Green Book sites documents the physical legacy of Jim...
The Green Book in Maryland: The YMCA and the YWCA in Baltimore City
In this installment of Preservation Maryland's series on the history of Green Book site in Maryland, we're looking at the impact of the Colored YMCA and Colored YWCA in serving Baltimore's African African local populations and travelers. In 1936, New York City mail...
The Green Book in Maryland: The Makel, Grinage, and Roberts Tourist Homes in Western Maryland
The Green Book is a document of a racialized America that required segregated locations for African American travelers to find safe accommodations, including rooms in private homes, often called tourist homes. In this dispatch of The Green Book in Maryland blog...
Capacity Building Grants for Maryland Cultural Groups Announced
The Maryland Historical Society recently announced the recipients of the state's inaugural round of Pathways grants, a state-funded program that strategically provided funding for building capacity amongst Maryland's many museums and cultural organizations. HOW THE...
Inspiring Stories as Museums Across the Country Respond to the Pandemic
As the nation responds and works to overcome the impacts of COVID-19, museums across the country and globe are standing out as inspirational beacons for their communities. victory gardens at old salem While Old Salem Museums & Gardens in North Carolina is...
Boundary Expansion Hearing for Patapsco Valley Heritage Area Will be Held Virtually
The Maryland Heritage Areas Authority will hold a virtual public hearing in mid-April, rescheduled from the originally planned in-person meeting this month, to hear a request to expand the geographic boundaries of the Patapsco Valley Heritage Area. The Patapsco...
The Role of the Old Line State in Vaccine Development
As the world confronts COVID-19 and searches for a vaccine and a cure – researchers here in Maryland are working around the clock – as they have for decades before – to find a scientific solution to the challenge. Some of the world's most frightening diseases have...
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