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Books in the rack outside the pump. , found crosbys motel in pensacola, florida. My parents owned the first fully accredited africanamerican owned travel agency in the united states. They were able to convince people over time. It took many groups and eventually thousands of people. Between the fighting, the dogs, the people that had died for the right for us to stay anywhere. [applause] is my pleasure to introduce Calvin Ramsey. An author, photographer, and playwright whose works has been shown around the country, showing the light on missing pages of africanAmerican History. His plays bring ...

This wasnt a history that you could find. Betty at first was surprised there was such a thing as a black marine. You dont believe it, ask a tuskegee airman. Hell tell you. Victor green was a mailman for 40 years, lived in harlem, lived right across the street from duke ellington. Victor green was a man with a seventh grade education yet he put together a publication that touched all aspects of life. My parents liked to travel. They figured that was helpful for our education. The thing was, finding the black section of town and you used the green book to find places to eat so i always knew that...

[video clip] where are you from . New york city, manhattan. My parents lived in our home when i was born. Lived in harlem when i was born. I lived and moved in queens. Your parents met here . They met in kansas, where my mother lived, and my mother grew the up. During world war ii, my father was stationed there. That is when they met. Then my father was sent to france, and when the war was over they got married and moved to new york. And that is where i was born. At the Womans Hospital . The Womans Hospital, which is no longer there, near columbia university. And your family would go back sout...

I saw a lot of hands. Okay. I was curious about hotels in new york. I mean i know my parents stayed at one of the few hotels in new york that allowed black people to stay there. Well, you know, it was different. Like up where i interviewed paula, up at the polo grounds, she mentioned in her building at one time walter white from the naacp, Thurgood Marshal stayed there, judge bruce wright stayed there at one time in that building. But further up is a building count 555. Gnat king cole would come in town and he couldnt stay in town. He could playdown town but couldnt stay downtown. What years w...

Satellite radar showing were dry. Few high clouds around. Nothing to about. As for our day side planner at 1 00 a. M. Look for temperatures in the mid30s bumping up to mid40s by Late Afternoon and cooling off and quite chilly but clear as we move into saturday night. Ill be back with more in just a bit. Now to that breaking news. Philadelphia police are on the hunt for two passengers who was with the cab driver that was shot. Reporter im told from the dispatcher of that cab company that that van picked up those passengers right here at wharton and broad street. The driver was making about a mi...