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Photos: Green Book

Documentary photographer Candacy Taylor, left, photographs the New Aster Motel in Los Angeles. The motel was listed in the Green Book, a travel guide for African Americans.

Documentary photographer Candacy Taylor, left, photographs the New Aster Motel in Los Angeles. The motel was listed in the Green Book, a travel guide for African Americans.

  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

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PHOTO GALLERY: Documenting the “Green Book” sites that welcomed African American travelers in the segregation era.

Hayes Motel

Lily Ho holds a vintage photo of the Hayes Motel in Los Angeles. Her family has owned the motel for nearly 40 years. Before that, it was listed in the Green Book.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Hayes Motel

“The original owner was very proud of this place,” Lily Ho says.

  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Candacy Taylor photographs the New Aster Motel in Los Angeles as part of her project documenting the "Green Book's" havens.

Candacy Taylor photographs the New Aster Motel in Los Angeles as part of her project documenting the “Green Book’s” havens.   (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times )

Hayes Motel

Andre Henderson, 28, sweeps up around the Hayes Motel in Los Angeles.

  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Alexandria Hotel

Downtown L.A.’s Alexandria Hotel was one of the businesses listed in the Green Book.

  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Richard Mitchell

Richard Mitchell of Albuquerque, N.M., used the Green Book to drive across the United States in 1964. “I timed my travel to make sure that we would roll into a safe place to stay by night,” he said.

  (Craig Fritz / For the Times)

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