A Heritage of Freedom & Joy
Our Mission
In 2021, this annual festival was birthed on the porch of the Narragansett House and the Dunmere House, which belong to the Inkwell Haven hotel group – the only Female & Black-owned hotel group on Martha's Vineyard. The goal was simple – bring our multi-racial and multi-generational community closer together in a celebration of joyful freedom for all through music, film, art, literacy, historical and culinary presentations. Since its inception, the festival has grown significantly and has been featured in the New York Times and Ebony Magazine as one of the top locations in the nation to celebrate Juneteenth. It is fitting that this gathering of freedom and joy is taking place in Oak Bluffs. Oak Bluffs, formerly called Cottage City was founded in the mid-1800s by a multi-racial religious summer community of leading abolitionists and community-minded individuals. We are proud to continue to enhance and celebrate the historical significance of a place rooted in freedom and joy that continues to the modern day.
In 2025, in commemoration of the 5th anniversary of Jubilee Festival of Juneteenth we established the Jubilee Charitable Corporation. The mission of our non-profit is to engage community in joyful gatherings that preserve the spirit of Oak Bluffs and the rich diaspora of summer visitors that have graced our shores for 150 years.
Oak Bluffs was founded by abolitionists in the 1800s rooted in faith, in community and in American dream for all. We believe in uplifting their stories, supporting emerging artists & trailblazers to ensure the unique community continues to thrive for many generations to come.
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Your contributions empower the community through art, music, dialogue and education. Every donation makes a difference in supporting emerging artists, leaders and trailblazers with our residence programs and our annual gathering for Juneteenth weekend.
America's Black Wall Street by Chief Amusen
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America's Black Wall Street goes beyond the usual account of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and the destruction of Black Wall Street. Amusan provides a historical and political context, a brilliant, yet overlooked explanation for this massacre and others across the United States. He takes us back to the Indian Territory, the settlement of the Five Civilized Tribes, the political and financial conflict between the tribes, their freedman, black resistance, and political strides.
Amusan proclaims "the biggest fear of white supremacists is Black political independence and domination." He makes a connection with the historic roadblocks for Black voters as the present day efforts to suppress the Black vote. His conclusions based on his research support a deliberate campaign to destroy Black Wall Street and the Greenwood community, the financial threat it posed, and the threat of successful participation of Black citizens in the political process. America's Black Wall Street: The Untold Story of Broken Treaties, Black Resistance, Political Fear, and Sacred Ground is a must read for those seeking a thorough understanding of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and the destruction of Black Wall Street.
Black Power Scorecard by Dr. Andre Perry
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From the creator of “a unified field theory of racism” (NPR’s Planet Money), a dollars-and-cents reckoning of the state of Black America and a new framework to close the power gap.
Historically, Black Americans’ quest for power has been understood as an attempt to gain equal protections under the law. But power in America requires more than basic democratic freedoms. It is inextricably linked with economic influence and ownership—of one’s self, home, business, and creations.
Andre M. Perry draws on extensive research and analysis to quantify how much power Black Americans actually have. Ranging from property, business, and wealth to education, health, and social mobility, Black Power Scorecard moves across the country, evaluating people’s ability to set the rules of the game and calculating how that translates into the ultimate means of power: life itself, and the longevity of Black communities. Along the way, Perry identifies woefully overlooked areas of investment that could close the racial gap and benefit everyone.
An expansive take on power supported by documentation and data, Black Power Scorecard is a fresh contribution to the country’s reckoning with structural inequality, one that offers a new approach to redressing it.