"Take Me to the Water: Histories of the Black Pacific"

Recorded live during the 2024 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. "Take Me to the Water: Histories of the Black Pacific" is an exhibition curated by Dr. Caroline Collins, which expands our understanding of maritime history and culture by telling the stories of the many Black whalers, commercial mariners, fishers, explorers, soldiers, and sailors who traveled along the Pacific Coast and traversed the high seas from the 16th century to the present day. Learn more about the exhibit: https://exhibitenvoy.org/exhibits/take-me-to-the-water/ Below is the recommended reading list Dr. Collins mentioned during the presentation: Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail by Jeffrey W. Bolster. Dangerous Subjects: James D. Saules and the Rise of Black Exclusion in Oregon by Kenneth Coleman. Undercurrents of Power: Aquatic Culture in the African Diaspora by Kevin Dawson. African Americans and the Pacific War, 1941–1945: Race, Nationality, and the Fight for Freedom by Chris Dixon. She Calls Herself Betsey Stockton: The Illustrated Odyssey of a Princess Slave by Constance K. Escher. Whaling Captains of Color: America's First Meritocracy by Skip Finley. Living the California dream: African American Leisure Sites During the Jim Crow Era by Alison Rose Jefferson Afrosurf by Mami Wata Black Sailors: Afro-American Merchant Seamen and Whalemen Prior to the Civil War by Martha Putney Conquering the Pacific: An Uknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery by Andrés Reséndez.