7: Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School
The African American Heritage Trail Project is based at MVRHS, where Dr. Elaine Weintraub teaches a program based on the Trail.
Mural of Nancy Michael at MVRHS by Joe Murphy
On the campus is a plaque commemorating the achievements of a multiracial basketball team of the 1970’s, a unique photo display of WW I soldier’s Edward Jannifer’s collection that chronicles the life of African American soldiers in that conflict (see below), and the various and numerous student projects kept in Dr. Weintraub’s classroom – a virtual museum of student work and research effort on the Trail.
Two large hand-painted murals depict the life of Nancy Michael by Joe Murphy, while another honors Captain William Martin and is by Bronwyn Burns. The school is located centrally on Vineyard Haven-Edgartown Road.