In 1962 Lela Mae Williams boarded a bus for Massachusetts accompanied by her nine youngest children. She had been promised a better life – guaranteed housing, a job, even a personal welcome from then-President Kennedy. But when she arrived in Hyannis, she discovered she had been the victim of a cruel political joke.
Vanessa Czarnecki
What is it, exactly, that makes the Vineyard feel so different than the rest of the country for Black and Brown Americans?
Bijan C. Bayne
(With apologies and eternal admiration to the late Al Jaffee).
Paul Karasik
Right whales that gather in the region are critically endangered; the cod for which the Cape is named are all but gone. And yet the rebounding shark and seal populations are rare success stories. They should be cause for celebration, not concern.
Vanessa Czarnecki
Think you know your way around Martha's Vineyard? Call yourself a full-fledged Islander? Well, put down your sunglasses, pull out your pencil, and take the test from our August 1999 issue.
Jason Gay
Paul Karasik
