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Black Martha's Vineyard in 1968

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Clip from the documentary, Still A Brother: Inside The Black Middle Class by William Greaves and narrated by Ossie Davis. View the entire 90 minute film at www.americanarchive.org

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20 Comments

@Visionary0001 5 years ago Pinned

Thanks so much for posting! Where can we see the entire video???

@tj.4079 5 years ago

Nice to see a old flick where we are not down and out but enjoying the good life. Thanks for posting!

@stacistaci6657 5 years ago

Our Kind of People

@yagua0500 5 years ago (edited)

Yep my family was there, and still, glad someone covered this, everyone wasn't struggling all the time, many blks in early D.C. were thriving entrepreneurs as early as the 1800s, some just out of slavery.

@shorebaby826 5 years ago

My Grandparents lived on Martha's Vineyard, so we visited every summer growing up. I still go up regularly, including last year. The Vineyard is my favorite beach destination and I'm so glad we live close enough to go anytime.

@sonjahomer5381 5 years ago

We need more visual references of our people. We all share a commonality of being Black in the Diaspora. Yet many of us have traveled different journeys.

@destressfrlyf843 5 years ago (edited)

Absolutely nothing wrong with us having our own, as we support our own on every level & in every domain

@tmc1373 5 years ago

Such beauty, class and distinction back then!!

@chantelebond3741 5 years ago

My people are so beautiful. Thank you for showing me another layer.

@KingofgraceSARA 5 years ago

Anything on Chicken Bone beach, Reel Black? The beauty and class was unparalleled.

@deirdreyearwood3383 5 years ago

Glad to see that they were places for black people to holiday and get a real break in peace without so much prejudice. Love it. Thanks for posting ❤

@earladams6129 5 years ago

We were on The Vineyard in '68. Now that was great summer.

@CharlesMosley129 4 years ago

i have been going to Martha's Vineyard since 2008. it is absolutely the greatest place i've ever been. i think about it everyday. and yes, there is still a large, thriving Black community of accomplished Black people there today. it is a different mindset on the island. it is all love. don't let "Our Kind Of People" fool you. that tv show is far from what the island truly is.

@Tiberius291 5 years ago

I was 9 years old in 1968, both parents worked at hospitals, mother a nurse, father in purchasing. Lived in an all black neighborhood but today it's a mixture of all races. I had a great childhood here in Miami Florida and truly miss those days.

@missp3 5 years ago

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@kenscates345 5 years ago

Damn....I wanna go back in time...

@lativida 8 months ago

Thank you @reelblack for chronicling the black experience through film

@donecethomas2679 5 years ago

I would love to purchase property in a community like this!

@clémentineoc 5 years ago

Wow, love it

@pattycannon1804 5 years ago

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