ALN Remembers: The History of Black Summer Retreats

#AmericanLegacyNetwork #ALNRemembers
Episode No. 4 of ALN Remembers
For generations Black families have retreated to three areas along the eastern seaboard. Sag Harbor in Long Island, Oak Bluffs in Martha’s Vineyard and Highland Beach in the Chesapeake Bay. Those families call these summer retreats their second home.
Written & Produced by J'nelle Agee
Edited & Co-Produced by JP Reynolds
Co-Produced by R. Joshua Reynolds
Executive Produced by Rodney J. Reynolds & Tilmon Brown
Thumbnail Photo Credit: Yonder News

[@hereforit2347]

It’s interesting how they left out the fact that Oak Bluffs, the only place on Martha’s Vineyard Black people were allowed to even swim, 🏊🏾‍♂️ let alone live, was dubbed by whites as “The Inkwell”.

[@kermitdiggs3365]

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[@amdyson756]

My mother is in one of the Highland Beach Photo.

[@rockeybrown2338]

Wow we need this type of safe space all over the united states'

[@pragmaticcat7619]

you dont need a safe place. Stop being ridiculous.

[@CJJohnson-tt6xs]

Cj These were the good old days.When Black Families knew how to celebrate.

[@QueenLucifer777]

Waterfront properties now worth millions.

[@chrischris8550]

Love those old photo's. Everybody seem's that little bit slimmer!

[@mashondaknight9132]

This is exactly 💯👏

[@QueenLucifer777]

Nice research.

[@gayhendrie84]

Why don't they still have them?

[@GeraldBoykin-dw9xe]

White property developers burn them out and use psychology on them to move off the property. (FACTS) 🔥🔥💩😆😆

[@adaeptzulander2928]

Black America was tricked into thinking "integration" at any cost was the key to a better future. It was a huge mistake. WE (Black people) surrendered too much for little to nothing in return.

[@Walkingintoyourdestiny]

Many families still own those homes and it is still a predominantly black area

[@GeraldBoykin-dw9xe]

@@supremefire31xd88 : You are spot on! And you realized the tactics used and the same happened to the natives of this land. For example, Trial of Tears circa 1831 - 1850

[@lugwetunje3896]

That's fine you don't what as fine we on our own enjoying

[@CJJohnson-tt6xs]

Cj 💋👄💕❤️

[@jesusbernal9025]

If that fist picture is fast forwarded to 2023, that car would be crushed by the weight of 22 whales.

[@ityou5874]

Indigenous peoples, not Africans.

[@suffolk6311]

Its impossible for Black Americans to go back to the 1950s when there was 2 parent homes, college or military was required, social clubs and not gangs, segregaton forced group economics, no heroin or crack.

[@adaeptzulander2928]

Not impossible, but it would take a major catastrophe like WW3.

[@jayone2140]

WW3 and 10 years re-education in responsibility, accountability and learning which political party was for slavery and Jim Crow(e).

[@trainwreck420ish]

Uhm there was definitely heroin brought in by the Sicilian mob and Cia. Remember the French connection? That was a real heroin route made by the Cia and lucky Luciano after ww2. The Cia, or OSS before the war, had ties to the mob to watch the ports in New York and New Jersey from German attack during ww2. They never dropped that friendship

[@ityou5874]

Get rid of tattoos,weaves and wigs.