Sarah Vaughn performed at the Flamingo Club when Lois Perry worked there as a waitress. “She once handed out a $100 bill and said, ‘Keep the change, darling,’” Perry says before breaking into laughter ...
In 1947, a downtown YMCA served as a safe resting place for Black motorists traveling to Houston across a segregated America. There was also Eva's restaurant on Dowling Street, now Emancipation Avenue ...
"The Negro Motorist Green Book" was a book filled with safe havens for Black Americans traveling through the U.S. during the ...