Tuesday, June 18, 2019 – 6:30pm
Crosspoint Church, 14 Rhode Island Avenue, Newport, RI
The Negro Motorist’s Green Book enabled African-Americans to travel during the pre-Civil Rights era by offering information on safe places to eat, stay, and vacation.
Dr. Catherine Zipf will identify and discuss Newport’s “GreenBook” sites with an eye towards augmenting our understanding of how African Americans overcame the legacy of slavery.
This lecture is being sponsored by the Newport Middle Passage Project in coordination with the 400 Years of African-American History Commission.
The 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act, signed into law January 8, 2018 by the United States Congress, established a 15-member commission to coordinate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in the English colonies. The Commission’s purpose is to plan, develop, and carry out programs and activities throughout the United States