The Green Book: Guide to Freedom Smithsonian film screening and discussion panel

Name: The Green Book: Guide to Freedom Smithsonian film screening and discussion panel
Start: 2025-02-22T13:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-02-22T15:00:00-06:00
Location: 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City, OK, United States, Oklahoma 73105

Schedule

Sat Feb 22 2025 at 01:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City, OK, United States, Oklahoma 73105 | Oklahoma City, OK

The Oklahoma History Center Museum will screen the Smithsonian film The Green Book: Guide to Freedom on Saturday, February 22, from 1 to 3 p.m. Following the film will be a discussion with Doris Youngblood and Edward Threatt. Youngblood is the owner of the historic Oklahoma City home built by Dr. W. H. Slaughter in 1937. Threatt is the grandson of Allen and Alberta Threatt, who founded the Threatt Filling Station near Luther in 1915. OHS State Historian Dr. Matthew Pearce will serve as moderator.
The Negro Motorist Green Book was a travel guide first printed in 1936, during the era of segregation. During the Jim Crow era, the Green Book was used by Black travelers to find restaurants, hotels, and other businesses that would welcome them without discrimination. It became a roadmap for safe passage within a then-segregated country.
The film screening and discussion is for ages 18 and older, and this event is included with admission to the Oklahoma History Center Museum. Registration will be available online, and this program is limited to the first 50 people who register.