Dooky Chase's Restaurant (2021)
Safe Haven: Louisiana's Green Book
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Documentary
Place Covered: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2021-11-09
Duration: 00:06:01
Subjects: Dooky Chase's Restaurant | Civil Rights | African American business enterprises | African Americans | History
Contributors:
- St. Cyr, Kara Host
- Reese, Stella Chase Interviewee
- Chase, Edgar, III Interviewee
Description
This episode of the series “Safe Haven’ from November 9, 2021, features Kara St. Cyr’s visit to Dooky Chase’s Restaurant in New Orleans, 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. She interviews Stella Chase Reese and Edgar Chase III, the children of restaurant founders Dooky Chase, Jr. and Leah Chase, who discuss the restaurant’s role in the Civil Rights Movement and the restaurant’s legacy.