Jack's

Green Book Entry/Entries
Jack’s---213 Hillsboro St.
Green Book Category
Taverns
Years Listed
1951-1955
Region
Coastal Plain
County
Cumberland

Jack’s Snack Shop, also known as Jack’s Cafe, was listed in the Green Book from 1951-1955 as “Jack’s—213 Hillsboro St.” under “Taverns.”1

Jack’s Snack Shop was located at 213 Hillsboro Street in Fayetteville. It was owned by Cecil Hales “Jack” Phillips, a white businessman who owned several businesses that catered to African Americans. In addition to Jack’s Snack Shop, Phillips owned a service station and grocery, a hotel, Plaza Theatre, Plaza Hotel, a supermarket, and the Crestview Hotel.2

Jack’s Snack Shop, also known as Jack’s Cafe, was advertised as selling the “best hot dogs for ten cents in town,” wines, and beer.3

Jack Phillips was born in Cumberland County in 1917 and was raised by his grandparents in Cedar Creek. He lived in Fayetteville his entire life; he and his wife, Blanche Burke, raised their children at 134 Hubbard Street. Jack Phillips passed away in 1972.4

Jack’s brother, Amy Phillips, owned another Fayetteville Green Book business, the King Cole Motel.5

Essay by Brandie K. Ragghianti, 2022

Notes

  1. Victor Green, 1951 Green Book, 53; Green, 1952 Green Book, 53; Green, 1953 Green Book, 53; Green, 1954 Green Book, 53; Green, 1955 Green Book, 53.
  2.  Hill’s 1946 Fayetteville City Directory, 227, 348 (alphabetical listing), 689 (street listing); Hill’s 1948 Fayetteville City Directory, 88, 251, 388 (alphabetical listing), 762 (street listing); Hill’s 1951 Fayetteville City Directory, 224, 362 (alphabetical listing); Hill’s 1953 Fayetteville City Directory, 364 (alphabetical listing); Hill’s 1956 Fayetteville City Directory, 37, 320, 324 (alphabetical listing), 82 (street listing); Hill’s 1958 Fayetteville City Directory, 561 (alphabetical listing), 739 (street listing); Hill’s 1959 Fayetteville City Directory, 367, 368 (alphabetical listing), 95 (street listing).
  3. “Advertisement,” The Carolinian, February 26, 1949, Page 3 (Image 11), accessed from http://newspapers.digitalnc.org. 
  4. Cecil Phillips, July 3, 1917, Cumberland County, North Carolina, US Birth Certificates, 1800 - 2000, accessed from www.ancestry.com; also see death certificate; 1920 United States Federal Census, Cedar Creek, Cumberland County, North Carolina, digital image s.v. “Cecil H. Phillips,” accessed from www.ancestry.com; 1940 United States Federal Census, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, digital image s.v. “Cecil Phillips,” accessed from www.ancestry.com; 1950 United States Federal Census, 134 Hubbard Street, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, digital image s.v. “Cecil J. Phillips,” accessed from www.ancestry.com; Cecil H. “Jack” Phillips, October 10, 1972, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, US Death Certificates, 1906 - 1976, accessed from www.ancestry.com; Cecil Hales Phillips, July 3, 1917, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, US World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940 - 1947, accessed from www.ancestry.com. 
  5. For more information, see: https://aahc.nc.gov/green-book/king-cole-motel