Summer House Martha’s Vineyard is a new addition to the Summer House franchise that features an all-Black cast.
Summer House Martha’s Vineyard is a new addition to the Summer House reality tv franchise that features an all-Black cast. One may not necessarily think of Black people when they think of the affluent area, but there is a much deeper connection to Black America’s past than most realize. There's a rich history for Black Americans in Martha's Vineyard. Oak Bluffs, the area in which the Summer House crew’s house is in, is known as one of the first-ever vacation spots.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT ‘Summer House Martha’s’ Vineyard': Freedom and the Underground Railroad Juneteenth is a holiday honoring when the enslaved in Texas received the news that they were free on June 19th, 1865, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Now that Juneteenth has been made a federal holiday more people are learning about the history behind it.
Massachusetts is also the home of the Wampanoag tribe. The tribe called the land home for 10,000 years prior to colonization, and the island of Martha’s Vineyard was then known as Noepe. In 1850 the United States government enacted the Fugitive Slave Act, making assisting an enslaved person escaping their abductors illegal.
‘Summer House Martha’s Vineyard’ Cast Connects to the Past Among the many atrocities brought forth by the Jim Crow era, sundown towns are one thing many are only now just learning about. Sundown towns are towns that had explicit rules regarding Black people existing in their area. The term sundown comes from the rule that Black travelers could travel through them in daylight, but should they be there after dark there’d be dire consequences.
Summer House Martha’s Vineyard’s cast is an intentional choice, a mish-mash group of friends old and new, and they are all Black. Being there holds great significance to all of them because they understand its history. Some have had the knowledge of its history, while others are there to connect to their diasporic roots. The importance of Oak Bluffs is an understood one, even in the midst of all the drunken fights, loud sex, and overall drama.
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