<I>Oak Bluffs Holiday mecca for East Coast blacks</I>
date: label: Date
content: July 5, 1983
name: label: Written by
content: Kenneth J. Cooper, American, born 1956
label: Published by
content: The Boston Globe, founded 1872
notes: label: Description
content: An image of a newspaper clipping of an article about racial integration on Martha's Vineyard, titled "Oak Bluffs Holiday mecca for East Coast blacks." The article is printed in black ink on newsprint with handwritten inscriptions along the bottom that read [The Boston Globe July 5, 1983]. The article interviews inhabitants and visitors to Oak Bluffs, stating "Oak Bluffs has been a favorite Fourth of July haunt for prominent or well-to-do black residents of Boston and other East Coast cities." Interviewed in the article are Richard Taylor, Richard Douglas, and State Senator Royal Bolling Sr.. Past visitors mentioned include Irene Cara, Kern Grimes, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, Senator Edward Brooke, Vernon E. Jordan, Diana Ross, and Suzanne DePasse.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, Martha's Vineyard, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Taylor Family Album: Martha's Vineyard Memories
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. T.R. Taylor and descendants of Geraldine A. Taylor, Proprietor, "Taylor's Playfair"
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.112.127
objectType: label: Type
content: digital images
label: Type
content: digital media - born analog
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physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 6217 pixels × 9323 pixels
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content: File size: 221.12 MB