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Four and a half years ago, I took to task the Martha’s Vineyard NAACP over a matter that goes to the heart of the organization’s work.  I insisted it demand the removal of two plaques honoring Confederate soldiers located in a public park, maintained on the public’s dime in Oak Bluffs. They added insult to […]

In a profound moment for the town of Oak Bluffs, the NAACP-hosted Progress Pride flag-raising ceremony at Ocean Park made its mark in history by joining towns worldwide in showing support of their LGBTQ+ community.  The ceremony, in celebration of the beginning of National Pride Month and the Island’s LGBTQ+ elders, youth, in addition to […]

The Chilmark Town Affairs Council (CTAC) presented a plan geared toward preventing an incident similar to the one in July during a camp offered at Chilmark Community Center where two white campers put a tent strap around the neck of a Black camper. During a Chilmark select board meeting Tuesday that attracted more than 60 […]

The Marthas Vineyard Times Martha’s Vineyard mourns loss of Vera Shorter, Herb Foster Both were civil rights icons on the Island. Vera Shorter was a pillar for social activism on Martha’s Vineyard and beyond. —Gabrielle Mannino The Island lost two of its leading and longtime civil rights advocates Saturday, Vera Shorter and Herb Foster. Shorter was born in 1923 in Huntington, Long Island. Shorter’s life was devoted to family, career, and civil rights advocacy in New York. Sh...