Speight's Auto Service

Green Book Entry/Entries
Speight’s---Fayetteville and Pettigrew Sts.
Green Book Category
Service Stations
Years Listed
1948-1955, 1961
Region
Piedmont North
County
Durham

Did you know?

  • This entry was listed in the 1961 Green Book as an advertisement: “Phone 6-2571, Day & Night Service, Towing, Speedy Road Service, Speight’s Auto Service, ‘A Business With A Soul,’ Pettigrew & Fayetteville Streets, Durham, North Carolina.”1

 

1 Alma D. Green, The Travelers’ Green Book: Guide for Travel & Vacations (New York: Victor H. Green & Company, 1961), p. 68.

Site of Speight's Auto Service

Natalie Rodriguez, 2018

Natalie Rodriguez, 2018
Former site of Speight's Auto Service

Natalie Rodriguez, 2018

Natalie Rodriguez, 2018
Advertisement, The Carolina Times, October 1, 1960

Advertisement, The Carolina Times, October 1, 1960

Advertisement, The Carolina Times, October 1, 1960Contributed by Durham County Library. Available at DigitalNC.org
Advertisement, The Carolina Times, April 30, 1955

Advertisement, The Carolina Times, April 30, 1955

Advertisement, The Carolina Times, April 30, 1955Contributed by Durham County Library. Available at DigitalNC.org
Durham Business Directory Listing, The Carolina Times, December 2, 1950

Durham Business Directory Listing, The Carolina Times, December 2, 1950

Durham Business Directory Listing, The Carolina Times, December 2, 1950Contributed by Durham County Library. Available at DigitalNC.org
Grand Opening Newspaper Coverage, The Carolina Times, September 1974

Grand Opening Newspaper Coverage, The Carolina Times, September 1974

Grand Opening Newspaper Coverage, The Carolina Times, September 1974Theodora Speight Manley
Advertisement, 1961 Green Book

Advertisement, 1961 Green Book

Advertisement, 1961 Green BookNew York Public Library Digital Collections
Advertisement, 1951 Durham City Directory

Advertisement, 1951 Durham City Directory

Advertisement, 1951 Durham City DirectoryContributed by University Library, UNC Chapel Hill & North Carolina Digital Heritage Center. Available at Internet Archive
Image Collage of Theodore Roosevelt Speight, Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People Banquet Program, 2003

Image Collage of Theodore Roosevelt Speight, Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People Banquet Program, 2003

Image Collage of Theodore Roosevelt Speight, Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People Banquet Program, 2003James E. Shepard Memorial Library, University Archives, North Carolina Central University