Additional Resources

BOOKS AND ARTICLES:

• Asante, Molefi K. and Mark T. Mattson.  The African-American Atlas. New York: Macmillan, USA, 1998
  
  
• Ciment, James.  Atlas of African-American History.  New York: Media Projects Inc., 2001.
  
  
• Cowen, Tom and Jack Maguire. Timelines of African-American History. New York: Roundtable Press, 1994.
  
  
• Garfinkel, Perry.  “ZipUSA:  02557,” National Geographic: (June 2003) www.magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0306/feature8/
  
  
• Graham, Lawrence Otis Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class. New York:  Harper Collins, 1999.
  
  
• A History of the African American People.  Ed. James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1997.
  
  
• Nelson, Jill. Finding Martha’s Vineyard:  African Americans at Home on an Island. New York:  Doubleday, 2005. http://www.jillnelson.com/

DVD:

• Stanley Nelson’s film A Place of Our Own. Oakland, California:  Firelight Media Inc., 2004.  (www.pbs.org/independentlens/placeofourown/index.html)

WEBSITES:

• The African American Heritage Trail of Martha's Vineyard: www.mvheritagetrail.org
  
  
• Shearer Cottage: http://www.shearercottage.com/index.php
  
  
• Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society: http://www.mvmuseum.org/faq.php
  
  
• Great Photos of Martha’s Vineyard:  http://www.capecodphotoalbum.com/martha.html 
  
  
• African-American History in the 21st Century: http://hhsu.learning.hhs.gov/slaverytofreedom/twentyfirst.html