Opinion
Just a year ago, we had what President Obama called a “teachable moment” in race relations. That was in the wake of the arrest of Henry Louis (Skip) Gates Jr., a well known Vineyard summer resident.
You remember it, of course. Professor Gates, probably the nation’s foremost black academic, was arrested in his own home after Cambridge police responded to a suspected break-in.
By TESSA PERMAR
By KRISTEN PARECE
By NAOMI PALLAS
A Dream to Bridge the Gap
He was a shrewd charmer, the late Art Buchwald. A compelling raconteur and writer, he became renowned worldwide. This gave him enormous social capital, capital he was not afraid to use at home on the Vineyard, most notably every year as auctioneer for the Possible Dreams Auction that raises money for Martha’s Vineyard Community Services. The auction will take place without him again on Monday, settling in at its splendid new location in Ocean Park.
A Cast Into the Past
From Gazette editions of July, 1935: