Yvonne Guzman
In the Waterview Farm area of Oak Bluffs is a boulder as tall as a man. Back in the 1790s, the Rev. John Saunders de­livered his sermons here, from atop “Pulpit Rock.” Mr.
African American History
African American Heritage Trail
Shearer Cottage
Julia Wells
The West Tisbury school committee voted last night to appoint Robert A.
African American History
Mark Alan Lovewell
Life Magazine photographer Gordon Parks gave a talk at the Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs on Wednesday night. For the Vineyard it was  a first.
African American History
Gordon Parks
Photography
Artists
W. C. Platt
In the 1920s and ’30s, black families could not buy property in Edgartown.
African American History
Martha's Vineyard NAACP
Civil rights
Race and social justice
Joseph B. White
A man and woman charged recently with sleeping in Ocean Park, a violation of Oak Bluffs law, came before the Dukes county district court judge Herbert E. Tucker, Jr.
African American History
Edgartown courthouse
Edgartown district court
Susan Mutch
There is no end to Lois Mailou Jones’ creative resources.  
African American History
Artists
Lois Mailou Jones
Richard Reston
His education began in the anthracite regions of Pennsylvania, in small towns like Shepton and Port Carbon.  
African American History
Education
Superintendent of schools
Vineyard Gazette
The little white house behind shrubs at the corner of Cooke street and Tilton Way that, for more than three decades, has been a home away from home for household help in Edgartown, no longer will be welcoming the lonely next summer.
African American History
Open Door Club
Dorothy West
We were always stared at. Whenever we went outside the neighborhood that knew us, we were inspected like specimens under glass. My mother prepared us.
African American History
Dorothy West
Oak Bluffs history
Harry Burleigh
Adam Clayton Powell
Vineyard Gazette
Edward W. Brooke of Newton and Oak Bluffs became the first African American ever elected to the United States Senate by a popular vote.
Senators
U.S. Senate
Edward Brooke
Politicians
Vineyard Gazette
Kivie Kaplan, national president of the N.A.A.C.P., who was recently vacationing in Vineyard Haven, took off on July 29 for a five day trip to New Orleans for the association’s Louisiana summer pro
Martha's Vineyard NAACP
Kivie Kaplan
Vineyard Gazette
As the result of interest shown at a meeting Monday night, the Island now has a chapter of its own of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.  
African American History
Martha's Vineyard NAACP
Civil rights

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