The Ernest Green Story

Green Book Helped African Americans Travel Safely NPRNEAL CONAN, host In part, the Jim Crow era could be defined by the places African Americans could go and the places they couldnt. In the towns and cities where they lived, of course, blacks knew where they were welcome. On the road, though, who knew which restaurants and hotels, beauty shops and night clubs would slam doors in their facesErnest Shackleton was born on 15 February 1874 in Kilkea near Athy, County Kildare, Ireland, about 46 miles 74 km from Dublin. Displaylink Usb Monitor Driver there. Ernests father was Henry Shackleton. Synopsis. Born on July 21, 1899, in Cicero now in Oak Park, Illinois, Ernest Hemingway served in World War I and worked in journalism before publishing his story. The Ernest Green Story' title='The Ernest Green Story' />In 1. The Negro Motorist Green Book. It was updated every year over three decades. Printed on its cover were the words Carry your Green Book with you. You may need it. Today, well talk with civil rights leader Julian Bond about his memories of the Green Book. We want to hear from you, too. What role did the Green Book play in your family Email us talknpr. A new twist on classic erotica. Driver Xtech Model Xg-881D there. Step inside the reality of life in a dominantsubmissive relationship as seen through the eyes of the Master in Master of O, by. The Negro Motorist Green Book, a travel guide published for nearly 30 years, listed lodgings, tailors and other places that welcomed black patrons. Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist and shortstory writer. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Hemingway based many of his stories on his experiences. Mr. Ernest Shreve Price of Summersville, KY, passed away Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at his home in Green County, KY. The funeral services for Mr. Ernest. You can also join the conversation at our website. Thats at npr. org. Click on TALK OF THE NATION. The Ernest Green Story' title='The Ernest Green Story' />Julian Bond served as chairman of the NAACP for over 2. He joins us now from the Lincoln Theater in Washington, D. C., where a play called The Green Book opens tonight for one night only. Julian Bond, nice to have you with us today. Mr. JULIAN BOND Former Chairman, NAACP Good to have me with you. I was chairman of the NAACP for 1. CONAN Eleven years. DAVIDSCHULSON/md/md22009649387.jpg' alt='The Ernest Green Story' title='The Ernest Green Story' />I apologize for that. And. Mr. BOND Its okay. CONAN. former founding member of SNCC, as well. In the introduction its called the Green Book, but, really, I guess sort of a combination pamphlet might be closer to it. Mr. BOND Well, when I my family had a Green Book when I was young, and used it to travel in the South to find out where we could stop to eat, where we could spend the night in a hotel or somebodys home. And I always thought it was called the Green Book because it was green. The Ernest Green Story' title='The Ernest Green Story' />But its actually named after the man who started the Green Book whose name was Green. CONAN And do you remember driving in the car and your parents opening the. Mr. BOND I dont remember my parents thumbing through it, no. Soundbite of laughter Mr. BOND. and saying Oh, well stop here. But I do remember that they had it, and they used it. CONAN Who was Mr. Green Mr. BOND He was a postal worker, and he used his contacts in the Postal Workers Union to set up to find out where black people could stay in various spots around the United States. And the Green Book, at its height, covered all 5. Barbados and I think someplace else. So, you know, it didnt matter where you went, Jim Crow was everywhere then, and black travelers needed this badly. CONAN Thats an important point. Sometimes we think of it primarily in the South, but thats not the case. Mr. BOND No, no, no. You know, segregated segregation reached everywhere in the United States, and even though the laws didnt require it, it was practiced almost everywhere. CONAN And do you know how he got the information on his updates He publish revisions every year. Pcsx2 File Could Not Be Created. Mr. BOND I think from his extensive contacts. Remember, he was part of the Postal Workers Union, and there are postal workers everywhere. And he used them as guides to tell him Well, heres a good place here, a good place there. And, of course, as you travel, people picked up things and told him things. CONAN The Green Book reads, in part, in the introduction It has been our idea to give the Negro traveler information that will keep him from running into difficulties, embarrassments and make his trips more enjoyable. I guess Mr. Green was also a master of understatement. Mr. BOND Oh, surely, he was. Hes described by people who knew him as an elegant man and the kind of person, when he walked down the street, people would say Oh, my goodness. Look at him. Im playing him tonight. Soundbite of laughter CONAN Youre playing him tonight. Mr. BOND In this reading, yes, I am. CONAN And what can you tell us a little bit about your partMr. BOND Well, the play opens with me on the telephone with Langston Hughes. Im in New York, where Victor where Green was, and Langston Hughes is coming to oh, no, Im sorry. Im in yeah, Im in New York, and Langston Hughes is coming to Washington, but he has left his Green Book at home in New York. So he has to call Mr. Green to find out places in Washington where he can stay. And even though he has many friends in Washington, they wont take him because hes coming to hes been subpoenaed to testify before the House Un American Activities Committee. And so the play opens with me on the phone talking to Langston Hughes about the House Un American Activities Committee and about the blurb that Langston Hughes has written to go in the front of the Green Book to explain why such a book exists. CONAN Were talking with Julian Bond, famous civil rights activist and an actor tonight. Email us talknpr. The Green Book. What role did it play in your family Ray is on the line, calling from Kansas City. Dr. RAY DOSWELL Chief Curator, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Inc. Hello, and hello to Mr. Bond, as well. Mr. BOND Hello. Dr. DOSWELL This is Ray Doswell from Kansas City at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Mr. BOND Sure. Dr. DOSWELL We were very pleased to host Mr. Bond a few weeks ago during the NAACP convention, and glad to have you on the. Mr. BOND Well, you have dont you have a book on display thereDr. DOSWELL We dont have a book on display, but we do have a mimeographed copy of the book in the archives that belonged to a former Negro League great Buck ONeil. Mr. BOND Oh, wow. Dr. DOSWELL He had the book, and and this version is from the later 5. But I can imagine how he would use it. First of all, for the Negro League players and for jazz musicians who obviously couldnt stay at the same hotels as white patrons could or even some of the places where the jazz musicians could perform but couldnt stay there, the book was quite useful. You know, for baseball players who were traveling to if you travel to a large like Kansas Citys St. Louis, you knew where the black communities were where you could go and stay. But in between maybe Muskogee, Oklahoma or those places you didnt know where you could go. So the book was very valuable. And then also, for someone like Mr. ONeil, who, after the Negro Leagues became a scout in Major League baseball, he was one of the few scouts that also traveled to the black colleges in the South and different places. So he could use the book on his way in looking for black athletes to recruit for the Major Leagues by this time. And the book would have been quite useful for him when he had it. CONAN Its interesting. As I look through a copy that was printed on the Internet and, yes, you expect restaurants and hotels and that sort of thing. But beauty shops, barbershops, bars, night clubs, roadside inns, that sort of thing it was quite extensive. Mr. BOND Oh, sure. You think about the things that most travelers take for granted, or most people today take for granted. If go to New York City and want a hair cut, its pretty easy for me to find a place where that can happen, but it wasnt easy then. White barbers would not cut black peoples hair. White beauty parlors would not take black women as customers hotels and so on, down the line. You needed the Green Book to tell you where you can go without having doors slammed in your face. CONAN Ray, have you looked at a copy of the Green Book that youve mimeoed from Buck ONeil I mean, did it extend down to gas stations, that sort of thing Dr.