Green Book: The Everready Hotel (2021)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2021-10-29
Duration: 00:05:54
Subjects: African American business enterprises | African Americans | History
Contributors:
- St. Cyr, Kara Host
- Forbes, Joan Henderson Interviewee
Description
This segment from the October 29, 2021, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Kara St. Cyr’s visit to the former site of the Everready Hotel, Café, and Taxi Line in Baton Rouge, one of the businesses featured in “The Negro Motorists Green Book,” a travel guide that listed locations that were safe for African Americans to visit during segregation. St. Cyr reports that the Everready was the first hotel for African Americans in Baton Rouge. She interviews Joan Henderson Forbes, the niece of the owner. This story is a part of the “Safe Haven: Louisiana’s Green Book” series.