On Aug. 26, 1869, the Oak Bluffs Land and Wharf Company, an energetic corporation which had bought up acres of the lovely woods and meadows and shore front stretches of what is now Oak Bluffs, sold one of those lots, 69 Pequot avenue, to Lydia B. Smith of New Bedford.
African American History
October 25, 1968
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September 2, 1927
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The student of Vineyard history, at least such history as has been published, will recognize the fact that it was largely through the clergy that things were accomplished during the first hundred and fifty years of the Island’s existence as a colony and province. Not only did they preach the word of God to whites and Indians, but they worked energetically to promote various industries and acted as advisors in settling all manner of disputes which arose, besides writing wills and other legal documents and keeping records, in many cases, being the only ones now existing.
February 10, 2022
Aidan Pollard
The Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association in Oak Bluffs began in 1835 as a small community of like-minded men from Edgartown.
August 19, 2021
Kate Dario
Peggy King Jorde, an expert on African burial grounds, has dedicated her life to ensuring memories of the disenfranchised are kept alive.
February 7, 2021
Maia Coleman
Viewers from around the Island and across the country joined over Zoom for a morning of music and celebration as part of the fifth annual Martha’s Vineyard Collaborative Black History event.
November 23, 2020
Kimberly Budd, the new chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, has close ties to Martha’s Vineyard.
February 20, 2020
Louisa Hufstader
Three Tankard siblings (of 10 total) joined an eager audience of listeners for this month’s Tuesdays in the Newsroom talk.
August 1, 2019
Holly Pretsky
An exhibit titled And Still We Rise: Race Culture and Visual Conversations, includes more than 40 quilts and is on display at the Mariposa Museum and World Culture Center in Oak Bluffs.
July 25, 2019
Louisa Hufstader
Henry Louis Gates Jr. has been vacationing on the Vineyard since 1981.
February 20, 2019
Skip Finley
Many contributors to black history weren’t black. Take the abolitionists, for example.
February 4, 2019
Jason Gay
This is the unusual story of the unlikely relationship between two families.
July 22, 2018
Noah Asimow
The Edgartown courthouse was celebrated as the 30th site on the African American Heritage Trail, with a plaque honoring district court judge Herbert Tucker.
May 21, 2018
Holly Pretsky
On Sunday Grace Church became the 28th site on the African American Heritage Trail.
February 22, 2018
Sara Brown
Olive Tomlinson, Gretchen Tucker Underwood and Skip Finley shared memories of their Oak Bluffs childhoods, moving in the orbit of a tight-knit community of African American summer residents.
