MV Black History Walking Tour

Martha’s Vineyard has long been considered a safe haven for African Americans. Join fellow Pirates on this walking tour of Oak Bluffs, a town within Martha’s Vineyard that is steeped in African American history and culture. Learn historical facts about President Barack Obama & his Family, Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King, Jr., Abolitionist Frederick Douglass, Civil Rights Lawyer Adam Clayton Powell and Harlem Renaissance Icon Dorothy West. All are welcome. Tour includes:

• African-American Heritage Trail Markers
• Summer Civil Rights House
• Historic Inkwell Beach
• Polar Bears Friendship Circle
• The Historic Black Community of the Highlands
• Black-Owned Businesses on the Island
• Shearer’s Cottage, Founded by a Hamptonian
• Gingerbread Cottages

And More….