First time that idlewild Is listed in the green book, It had something likefour hotels, I...
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Stephens:
First time that idlewild Is listed in the green book, It had something like
four hotels, I think something like
15 restaurants, Its own gas stations, So idlewild was a gold mine
for people using the green book, And to get there, And they knew that
they had a place to stay, And once they got there,
it was like heaven
First time that idlewild Is listed in the green book, It had something like
four hotels, I think something like
15 restaurants, Its own gas stations, So idlewild was a gold mine
for people using the green book, And to get there, And they knew that
they had a place to stay, And once they got there,
it was like heaven
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Stephens:
First time that idlewild
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Is listed in the green book,
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It had something like
four hotels,
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I think something like
15 restaurants,
00:00:10.676 --> 00:00:12.809
Its own gas stations,
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So idlewild was a gold mine
for people using the green book,
00:00:16.415 --> 00:00:17.881
And to get there,
00:00:17.883 --> 00:00:19.549
And they knew that
they had a place to stay,
00:00:19.618 --> 00:00:22.886
And once they got there,
it was like heaven.
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Movie Summary
A deeper look into the real story of Victor H. Green's "The Negro Motorist Green Book" during the Jim Crow era and beyond.
