In a blog post for the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library (CHPL), “‘The Negro Motorist Green Book’ Exhibit: Preserving Oral History,” Clarity Amrein calls attention to a one-month special exhibit on the Negro Motorist Green Book presented by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, a museum in Cincinnati dedicated to the history of the …

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In 1928, Fats Waller and Andy Razaf penned the jazz standard “Honeysuckle Rose,” and as the Jersey Shore locals behind a plaque commemorating the song’s conception are happy to remind us, the duo did so in an inconspicuous apartment in the coastal town of Asbury Park, NJ. The “Honeysuckle Rose” plaque is a historic marker …

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