Hotel Lincoln (2022)
Safe Haven: Louisiana's Green Book
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Documentary
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2022-02-15
Duration: 00:03:58
Subjects: African American business enterprises | African Americans | History
Contributors:
- St. Cyr, Kara Host
- Hall, Louis Interviewee
Description
This episode of the series “Safe Haven” from February 15, 2022, features Kara St. Cyr’s visit to the Hotel Lincoln in Baton Rouge, a Black-owned hotel 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 Louis Hall, a local historian, who shares his memories of visiting Hotel Lincoln.