During segregation in the United States separate lodging and boarding facilities for African Americans were established. The Green Book was a guidebook for African American travelers and included hotel, motel, and boarding house listings where they could stay.

Alabama

A.G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham, Alabama

Dunbar Hotel in Birmingham. Alabama's Fourth Avenue Business District

Ben Moore Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama

Holiday Inn in Tuskegee, Alabama

California

California Hotel in Oakland, California

American Hotel in Los Angeles, California

Dunbar Hotel in Los Angeles, California

Florida

Georgette's Tea Room House in Miami, Florida

Mary Elizabeth Hotel owned by William B. Sawyer in Miami's Overtown neighborhood

Hampton House in Miami, Florida

Jackson Rooming House in Tampa, Florida

Rogers Hotel in Central Avenue in Tampa

Lewis Colson's Colson Hotel at 1428 Eighth Street in Sarasota, Florida's Overtown neighborhood LaFrance Hotel in Delray Beach, Florida

African American hotels, motels, and boarding houses

Illinois

DuSable Hotel in Chicago Named for Jean Baptiste Point du Sable?

African American hotels, motels, and boarding houses

Michigan

Gotham Hotel (Detroit, Michigan) in Detroit

Mississippi

E. F. Young Hotel in Meridian, Mississippi (E. F. Young Jr.) Queen City Hotel (Mississippi) in Columbus, Mississippi Pine Tree Hotel in Mosquito Beach, South Carolina

African American hotels, motels, and boarding houses

New York

Marshall Hotel (New York City) in New York City

Hotel Theresa in New York City's Harlem neighborhood

North Carolina

Greensbook Hotel in Greensboro, North Carolina

Magnolia House in Greensboro, North Carolina

Rhone Hotel in New Bern, North Carolina

Ohio

Edgemont Inn in Cincinnati, Ohio

Manse Hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio

Majestic Hotel (Cleveland, Ohio) in Cleveland, Ohio

Collingwood Motel in Toledo, Ohio

Oklahoma

Gurley Hotel owned by Ottawa W. Gurley in Tulsa

Stradford Hotel in Tulsa

South Carolina

Ebony Guest House, Florence, South Carolina

Washington D.C. Wormley Hotel in Washington D.C. Shakespeare House in Washington D.C. ((Grace Nail Johnson was part of the family) Douglas Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri

Wisconsin

Dietz home / "Casablanca Hotel" in Milwaukee

Other areas

Phyllis Wheatley House in Minneapolis, Minnesota Named for Phyllis Wheatley? Shaddrack Ward's Ward Rooming House

Rossonian Hotel in Denver, Colorado

Golden West Hotel in Portland, Oregon

See also

African American resorts

African American businesses

Chitlin' circuit

Hill Top House Hotel, African American owned hotel

References

African-American

African-American segregation in the United States