Bright flowers, a sturdy lectern and an urn with the remains of Alton L. Hardaway Jr. stood under a weather-protected tent this past Sunday as approximately 200 people braved the winds and assembled to pay their respects.
Neither thunder, pouring rain nor the Red Sox-Yankees series could stop the 50th wedding celebration of Oak Bluffs' favorite couple. Debbie and Lewis Duane Jackson!
Thelma Johnson, president of the Martha's Vineyard chapter of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, reminds all that the national organization, along with Howard University's Social Justice Consortium, is sponsoring a free five-part virtual Workshop Wednesdays series on social justice.
Bob and Liz Posen hosted more than 75 friends and family on their sprawling lawn in Vineyard Haven last Monday night to celebrate their 75th birthdays.
The roll-out for the much anticipated movie on the life of the incomparable queen of soul, Aretha Franklin, started long before the premiere of Respect on July 30 at the 19th Annual Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival.
Arthur Hardy-Doubleday, president of the Martha's Vineyard branch of the NAACP, reports that the National Park Service's National Underground Railroad Network has recognized the life story of Esther.
