Born on Nantucket to Cape Verdean parents, David DeLuze moved to Hingham in 1942 to seek employment at the Hingham Shipyard, where he was placed on the waitlist. He found work in New Hampshire until he was finally offered a job at the Shipyard in 1943. Mr. DeLuze worked first as an oiler and then became the Shipyard’s first Black crane operator. Up until World War II, the racially segregated Navy limited Black sailors to the role of mess attendants, but the demands of the war forced the Navy to begin training them for other jobs, often involving dangerous tasks with ammunition. Read more

Hingham Resident Eugene V. Roundtree (whose wife Camilla ran the Hingham METCO program for 40 years) is invited to the White House by President and Mrs. Carter while being considered for a position in the Small Business Administration. Read more

Camilla Roundtree and her son Eugene Roundtree at Toast in Hull. Camilla Roundtree, longtime Hingham resident and first director of Hingham's METCO program, awarded “Citizen of the Year” by Hingham Journal. Read more about Ms. Roundtree's contributions here.

Tuttle and Simpson Family Reunion held in Whitman. 120 family members gather to learn about their rich history in southeastern Massachusetts. During the reunion, research by Marion Teague and Rosa Edwards-Ellis is shared through photographs, documents and posters. During the search for information, the family found out that Marion Teague is 27% Native and a descendent of several area tribes including Chappaquiddick, Wampanoag and Nipmuc. The Tuttles have hosted many family reunions over the years, starting in 1956. Read more

A naming ceremony is performed at the barn at 111 Ward Street for Marion Teague and her cousin Evelyn Hawksworth by Chief Yellow Feather Medicine Woman of the Chappaquiddick tribe (also known as Linda Morales-Morceau). At this ceremony, Marion Teague is named Yellow Rose.