Finding Martha’s Vineyard: African Americans at Home on an Island by Jill Nelson , Alison Shaw
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Overview: In this elegant book of photographs, personal narrative, memories, and fascinating historical detail, author Jill Nelson conveys the special magic of Martha’s Vineyard and the African Americans who have summered or lived there for generations. Finding Martha’s Vineyard describes the various groups that settled on the Vineyard and in Oak Bluffs: slaves and their descendant; devout Methodists and Baptists; African Americans “in service” who accompanied their white employers to the island and over the years established a haven and a community; the black middle-class families who came each summer to escape the heat, hostility, and racial tension of their hometowns; and generations of African American professionals — doctors, writers, presidential advisors, academics, and artists — who visit or live on the Vineyard today.
Finding Martha’s Vineyard is about the power of place in our lives. A rich treasury of reminiscences, excerpts from news articles, documents from the Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society, recipes, and glorious photographs, it beings the sights, sounds, celebrations, and social importance of the island community brilliantly to life.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs
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