What was like to travel while black during jim crown? a small paragraph

Read this essay, first published in January, on the history of the Green Book. The Best Picture Oscar was awarded to the “Green Book” feature film.

Imagine trudging into a hotel with your family at midnight — after a long, grueling drive — and being turned away by a clerk who “loses” your reservation when he sees your black face.

This was a common hazard for members of the African-American elite in 1932, the year Dr. B. Price Hurst of Washington, D.C., was shut out of New York City’s Prince George Hotel despite having confirmed his reservation by telegraph.