Martha's Vineyard Race and social justice

Ayanna Pressley Urges Islanders to Keep Up the Fight for Social Justice

Louisa Hufstader | Monday, August 23 2021 - 11:45am

Voting rights, the historical nature of entrenched racism and the healing powers of the Vineyard were all topics when the Congresswoman took the stage at the Tabernacle Friday.

Tabernacle

Race and social justice

Ayanna Pressley

Island Life and Early History of the NAACP: Two Women Share Threads of Reminiscence

W. C. Platt

In the 1920s and ’30s, black families could not buy property in Edgartown.

Equal Rights Cheered At Tabernacle Rally: Roy Wilkins Says Fight Was Started Late - Must Win Now

Peter D. Bunzel

A near-capacity crowd turned out late Sunday afternoon at the Oak Bluffs Tabernacle to cheer an unprecedented event on the Vineyard - the first Fre