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FiveCAP, Incorporated

Idlewild African American Chamber of Commerce
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Lake County

DRIVING THE GREEN BOOK:
Macmillan Podcasts recently launched a podcast, Driving the Green Book, exploring how Black Americans used the Negro Motorist Green Book guide to travel safely and with dignity at the height of segregation. Hosts, award-winning journalist Alvin Hall and social justice trainer Janée Woods Weber, set out on a 2,021 mile road trip from Detroit to New Orleans. In their travels, they heard about Idlewild numerous times. 

The Idlewild Historic and Cultural Center is featured on the guide as being one of a few historic vacation destinations in the U.S. where Black people could enjoy upper-class accommodations without living in fear. Furthermore, our 9th episode, titled "Ghost Towns" pays homage to Idlewild, and other predominantly Black locations, that represented the fulfillment of the American dream that Black Americans had and were being denied in larger society. 

You can see the guide here: http://apple.co/explorethegreenbook

And listen to podcast here: http://apple.co/drivingthegreenbook

Idlewild Historic & Cultural Center
7025 Broadway Avenue
Idlewild, MI  49642

Privately owned by: MMLN Non Profit Housing Corporation, PO Box 383, Idlewild, MI  49642

For mailing or inquiries:
FiveCAP, Inc
302 N. Main, P. O. Box 37, Scottville, MI  49454
Phone: 231-757-3785    Fax: 231-757-9669
Email. fivecap@fivecap.org
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