[1] The stores named H. L. Green closed as McCrory's entered bankruptcy in the late 1990s.

[3] In the North, individual store managers occasionally took the initiative to break the color line in hiring, as occurred in the early 1950s in Newark, New Jersey.

H. L. Green’s store and sign, is prominently shown in the movie ‘Thunder Force’, a 2021 film starring Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer.

Although the fictional story about two reunited childhood friends, is set in Chicago, IL, the actual location of the H. L. Green’s depicted, is in Atlanta, GA, where most of the movie was filmed.

The specific scene is when Lydia (Melissa McCarthy) uses her super strength to pick up and throw a ‘Chicago’ No.