During the decades of segregation in the United States, African Americans established various resorts. The resorts were self-contained commercial establishments. Varying resort accommodations included rooms for rent, meals and fine food, cocktail bars, dancing, sporting facilities (such as golf, horseback riding, tennis, swimming pools, fishing, badminton), and beaches. Entire communities (or towns) became resort areas for African Americans. The Negro Motorist Green Book helped guide African Americans to accommodating and safe places, including Idlewild, Michigan, which was among the most well known.
California
Colorado
Florida
Indiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Mississippi
New Jersey
New York (state)
- Coleman's Lodge in Bloomingburg, New York
- Eastville in Sag Harbor, New York
- Greenwood Forest Farms (also known as "The Colony") near Greenwood Lake in New York
- Kings Lodge in Otisville, New York
- Maple Valley Farm in Pine Bush, New York
- Morgan Hill Lodge in Kingston, New York
- Paradise Farm in Cuddebackville, New York
- Peg Leg Bates Resort in Kerhonkson, New York
- Rainbow Acres in Kerhonkson, New York
- Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest, and Ninevah Beach Subdivisions Historic District in Sag Harbor, New York
- Smith Haven in Pine Bush, New York
- Utopia Lodge in Greenfield Park, New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Virginia
Washington, D.C.
West Virginia
Wisconsin
See also
Further reading
- Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During the Jim Crow Era by Alison Rose Jefferson
References