When we think of black history often times vacation destinations are left out of our dialogue. Our past is well documented with stories of slavery, plantations, and oppressive reality yet little do we hear about how some of our ancestors and those who came before us got to celebrate their lives. As I decided to […]
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Before the Green Book, These Resorts Offered Hidden Safe Havens for Black Americans | History.com
Black Americans could temporarily escape the Jim Crow laws at early vacation resorts that catered only to them.
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The abandoned ‘Black Eden’ is prepared for a comeback – New York Post
IDLEWILD, Mich. — The traffic along US 10 blows right by a dirt-road entrance. But a newly built brick marker proclaims, optimistically, “Welcome to Idlewild, a historic community.”
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