Anna Netherland who lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was one of the many women of the Green Book who advertised their hotels, restaurants, beauty shops, and tourist homes.

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One of the most unique features of Black travel during the Green Book era was the Tourist Home--the AirBnB of their day. According to historian Henry Louis Gates, tourist homes were "...rooming houses, bed-and-breakfasts, and friends-of-friends’ homes all rolled up into one." In France, Harry Belafonte and Sydney Poitier often stayed at James Baldwin's home in the countryside when films and concerts took them to Europe. Likewise, in the USA, you never knew what talented fellow boarders you might run into in a tourist home listed in the pages of the Green Book. "On the road, shared circumstances and chance had a way of creating conditions for inter-connectivity.” In many U.S. towns and cities, a Tourist Home was the only option for Black travelers. In many towns, they were far better than hotels. In addition, Tourist Homes were not only less expensive than hotels, but had the added intimacy of an actual home environment where travelers could relax and savor a delicious home-cooked meal after hours on the road, unable to stop at most restaurants, as well.