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A more modern 'Green Book' points Tampa Bay to Black-owned businesses
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Winding through the beauty of downtown St Pete is a warehouse with a glimpse into a window to America’s ugly past.
There's a book on display that, at one time, was a roadmap to refuge to escape the hate happening all around Black Americans. A green book that told them where they could go. And where they couldn’t.
"He created this book at a time when Black people had to be very careful about how to navigate their country during Jim Crow America," Hillary Van Dyke said.
MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/black-history/tampa-bay-green-book-supports-black-businesses/67-d195fe2e-fe6f-4eb2-a0cd-13e832444ddf