Mural of Captain William Martin
DESCRIPTION: See it at Martha's Vineyard Regional High School

ADDRESS: Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road; Oak Bluffs

Cottages Corner
DESCRIPTION: Formerly a firehouse, it is owned by and houses the African American Women's Philanthropic Organization, "The Cottagers"

ADDRESS: Pequot Ave at corner of Circuit Ave; Oak Bluffs

Powell House, "The Bunny Cottage"
DESCRIPTION: This is the home of Isabel Powell, left to her following a divorce from Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.; Adam was one of the earliest African American US Congressmen after Reconstruction and a Reverend at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem

ADDRESS: Oak Bluffs

Nancy Michael Memorial Plaque
DESCRIPTION: This wise woman was the subject of litigation between the town of Edgartown and Tisbury

ADDRESS: Memorial Wharf, Edgartown Harbor

Rebecca Amos Memorial Plaque
DESCRIPTION: The life of Rebecca, a former West African slave, is celebrated by a plaque at Great Bight Reserve; she inherited property from her Native American husband, Elisha Amos, in this area where there is a field still known as Rebecca's field

ADDRESS: North Road, Chilmark

Seaport of Menemsha
DESCRIPTION: This was the scene of the escape to New Bedford and from there to Canada of Randall Burton, a fugitive from enslavement in Mississippi, who was hidden in Aquinnah (formerly called "Gay Head"); there is also an interesting whaling statue as you walk along the beach

ADDRESS: on the Vineyard Sound in Menemsha in the town of Chilmark

MARTHA'S VINEYARD EVENT

 
Annual 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament
DESCRIPTION: Organized by Top Shelf Entertainment on Labor Day weekend

PHONE: 914-318-5007

WEBSITE: http://www.topshelf-ent.com