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African-American Heritage Trail Research Project Topics
General
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Martha’s Vineyard African-American Heritage Trail (official site)
General
Lee, Denny. “Shifting Sands At a Historic Black Enclave.” New York Times (New York, NY), July 25, 2003.
Hunter, Charlayne. “More Negroes Vacation as Barriers Fall.” New York Times (New York, NY), September 7, 1970.
Tankard, Carrie, and Elaine Weintraub. “Innkeepers of Oak Bluffs: They Dared to Dream.” Vineyard Gazette [Edgartown, MA] 6 Oct. 2000: 1. Print.
Jones, Je’Lesia M. “Uncovering Island’s Black History.” Martha’s Vineyard Times [Vineyard Haven, MA] 4 Feb. 1993: 16. Print.
Good info about Shearer Cottage, among other topics.
Weintraub, Elaine. Lighting the Trail: The African-American Heritage of Martha’s Vineyard. Oak Bluffs, MA: African American Heritage Trail History Project, 2005.
> List of books and other info at the MVRHS Library
Enslavement on Martha’s Vineyard
Rebecca Amos (mvafricanamericanheritagetrail.org)
Civil Rights Five
Civil Rights Five (mvafricanamericanheritagetrail.org)
Fugitives from Enslavement on Martha’s Vineyard
Randall Burton (mvafricanamericanheritagetrail.org)
Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 (Related Articles from Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Nancy Michael
Nancy Michael (mvafricanamericanheritagetrail.org)
Emma Chambers Maitland
Emma Maitland (girlboxing.org) Some interesting primary sources.
Welcome to the trail, Emma Maitland (MVTimes)
Boxing her way to equality and justice (Vineyard Gazette)
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King, Jr. (Biography in Context)
Isabelle Powell
Isabel & Adam Clayton Powell (mvafricanamericanheritagetrail.org)
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (Biography Research Center)
Isabel & Adam Clayton Powell (mvafricanamericanheritagetrail.org)
A. Phillip Randolph
“A. Philip Randolph.” American Decades. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, et al. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Biography in Context. Web. 5 Oct. 2014.
Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin (Biography in Context)
Senator Edward Brooke
Senator Edward Brooke (mvafricanamericanheritagetrail.org)
Edward William Brooke (Biography in Context)
Joseph “Joe” Overton /Overton House aka Villa Rosa
Villa Rosa – Overton Home (mvafricanamericanheritagetrail.org)
Calmes, Jackie. “Revisiting Black History on Martha’s Vineyard.” The New York Times. The New York Times, 29 Aug. 2010. Web. 05 Oct. 2014.
Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte (Biography in Context)
Shearer Cottage
Shearer Cottage (mvafricanamericanheritagetrail.org)
Shearer Cottage – Family Owned and Operated with Pride since 1903.
Joe Louis
Joe Louis (Biography in Context)
Harry Burleigh
Harry Thacker Burleigh (Biography in Context)
Cottagers Organization
Tankard Family
Carrie & George Tankard (mvafricanamericanheritagetrail.org)
John Saunders and the Pulpit Rock
John Saunders (mvafricanamericanheritagetrail.org)
Rebecca Martin / Eastville Cemetery
Eastville Cemetery (mvafricanamericanheritagetrail.org)
William A. Martin
William Martin (mvafricanamericanheritagetrail.org)
William Martin House (mvafricanamericanheritagetrail.org) captmartinanniversary
“Passed Their Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary.” Vineyard Gazette [Edgartown, MA] 11 July 1907: 2. Microfilm.
(Thanks to Gabby Wilbur (MVRHS ’19) for locating this!)
Dorothy West, Harlem Renaissance Writer
Dorothy West (Biography in Context)
Dorothy West House (mvafricanamericanheritagetrail.org)
Dorothy West (mvafricanamericanheritagetrail.org)
Reverand Oscar Denniston / Bradley Memorial Church
Brannen, Peter. “Denniston House Demolition Blocked by Historic Commission.” The Vineyard Gazette. The Vineyard Gazette, 9 Dec. 2010. Web. 05 Oct. 2014.
Perry-Henry, Laurie. “Bradley Square :: NAACP of Martha’s Vineyard.” NAACP of Martha’s Vineyard. NAACP of Martha’s Vineyard, 10 July 2011. Web. 05 Oct. 2014.
Lee, Linsey. “Son of Pastor Recalls Bradley Church, and Era of Prejudice.”The Vineyard Gazette. N.p., 12 Feb. 2010. Web. 05 Oct. 2014.
Bradley Church (mvafricanamericanheritagetrail.org)
Barber William H. Hammond
Barber Hammond (mvafricanamericanheritagetrail.org)
Founders of the MVNAACP
MV NAACP (mvafricanamericanheritagetrail.org)
Fall 2014 MV Student Talks
The World’s Fairs in the USA, 1876 – 1915
Panama Pacific International Exposition (source: Library of Congress)
Background
“World’s fair .” Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2014. Web. 28 Sep. 2014.
Great overview and place to start.
Rydell, Robert W. “World’s Fairs.” Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 3rd ed. Vol. 8. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2003. 558-560. U.S. History in Context. Web. 25 Sept. 2014.
Great overview and place to start.
Time Explains: How the World of Tomorrow Became a Thing of the Past
Time Magazine article and video from April 2014 about the disappearance of the World’s Fair from the United States (we haven’t had one since 1984).
ExpoMuseum
Official Museum of the World’s Fairs
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1876 US Centennial Exhibition: Philadelphia
Centennial Exhibition Articles (U.S. History in Context)
Centennial Exhibition (Library of Congress)
1884 World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition: New Orleans
Cotton Centennial (Library of Congress)
1893 World’s Columbian Exposition 1893 Chicago World’s Fair
Columbian Exposition (U.S. History in Context)
Columbian Exposition (Library of Congress)
1898 Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition and Indian Congress: Omaha
Omaha Exposition (U.S. History in Context)
Omaha Exposition (Library of Congress)
1901 Pan-American Exposition: Buffalo
Pan-American Exposition (U.S. History in Context)
Pan-American Exposition (Library of Congress)
1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition – St. Louis World’s Fair
St. Louis World’s Fair (Library of Congress)
St. Louis World’s Fair (U.S. History in Context)
1907 Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition
Jamestown Exposition (Library of Congress)
1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (U.S. History in Context)
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (Library of Congress)
Reference
“The World’s Fair and Exposition Information and Reference Guide.” Earth Station Nine. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Sept. 2014.
Includes a bulleted list of trivia and more from each fair.
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