Finding Martha's Vineyard: African Americans at home on an island

Trama

In this elegant book of photographs, personal narrative, memories, and fascinating historical detail, bestselling author Jill Nelson conveys the special magic of Martha’s Vineyard and the African Americans who have summered or lived there for generations. Jill Nelson has been a summer and occasional year-round resident of Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard for nearly fifty years.

Libri simili

• The vineyard: the pleasures and perils of creating an American family winery di Louisa Thomas Hargrave (2003)
• Where Peachtree meets Sweet Auburn: the saga of two families and the making of Atlanta di Gary M. Pomerantz (1996)
• Dreaming me: an African American woman's spiritual journey di Janice Dean Willis (2001)
• By Vineyard Light di Rose Styron (1995)
• The manor: three centuries at a slave plantation on Long Island di Mac K. Griswold (2013)
• Truevine: two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest : a true story of the Jim Crow South di Beth Macy (2016)
• Prince of darkness di Shane White (2016)
• Assata di Assata Shakur
• Once upon a time: the captivating life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy di Elizabeth Beller (2024)
• Black Moses: a saga of ambition and the fight for a Black state di Caleb Gayle (2025)
• To free the captives: a plea for the American soul di Tracy K. Smith (2023)
• Bearing the cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference di David J. Garrow (1988)