black history

This Friday, the African American Heritage Trail of Martha's Vineyard will welcome the Dragonfly House as its 41st historic site.

The African Meeting House on Nantucket was consecrated in 1825. Two hundred years later, it still stands.

The brig, called Industry, was hunting for sperm whales when it went down in a storm in 1836. It’s a unique find — in part because of the multiracial crew, said Monica Allen, director of public affairs for NOAA Research, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Songs, dance, and museum tours highlighted the June 25 grand opening of two new uses of the historic Emerald House property in East Falmouth: the Cape Cod Cape Verdean Museum and Cultural Center, and the Emerald House Community Garden.

This Friday is Juneteenth, a holiday that marks the date in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. Now, a…