A dead minke whale washed ashore on Black Point Beach in Chilmark on Martha’s Vineyard on Sunday. The whale was 27 feet long and weighed approximately 6,000-7,000 pounds, according Bret Stearns ...

“For more than 100 years, Black vacationers have flocked to Martha’s Vineyard, an island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and one of the first beach destinations where African Americans could ...

“They didn’t feel entirely welcome in other beach enclaves.” As more Black people made their way to Oak Bluffs in the 1800s, they began to build the gingerbread cottages Martha’s Vineyard ...

RICHARD, IF YOU WOULD TALK VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT COMPARISON BETWEEN MARTHA’S VINEYARD AND OTHER BLACK BEACH COMMUNITIES LIKE IDLEWILD, UH, SAG HARBOR, HIGHLAND BEACH, VIRGINIA BEACH, ETC., ...