National Civil Rights Museum hosts Smithsonian ‘Green Book’ exhibit
Traveling display highlights lost, saved and endangered locales of mid-century Black culture
Noelle Trent, director of interpretation, collections and education with the National Civil Rights Museum, gives a tour of a Smithsonian traveling exhibit on the Green Book Oct. 2, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
“The Negro Motorist Green Book,” a new exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Services, begins its public life at the Lorraine Motel, which is one of a shrinking number of “Green Book” locales still in existence.
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Green Book The Negro Motorist Green Book National Civil Rights Museum Lorraine Motel Victor Green Terri Freeman Noelle Trent Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Services Candacy TaylorChris Herrington on demand
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