First bus of 16 Hingham METCO students arrives in Hingham with the help of Mrs. Camilla Roundtree (a Hingham Citizen of the Year recipient in 2003) who goes on to serve as the Hingham METCO Director for 40 years. Roundtree was instrumental as a “mentor, chauffeur, homework helper, supporter and advocate” for METCO students. Read more

Fair Housing Act was passed and restrictive covenants deemed unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court. Some neighborhoods in Hingham, such as Bradley Woods, would no longer be able to use restrictive covenants to prevent people of color from buying homes in the neighborhood.

Old Ship Church hosts a “Lock-In-On-Race” for fifty-five students, both Black METCO and white Hingham classmates and teachers to discuss racism in America for thirteen hours. In our interview with Eugene Roundtree, who was in attendance, he recounted that this event stimulated on-going dialogue on race in town.

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

Memorial dedication of the USS YF-145 held at Bare Cove Park. J.B. Mills, Hingham resident and former member of the crew, funded the etched stone to memorialize the crew that died in the tragedy. The USS YF-415 sank after an explosion on May 11, 1944 killing 17 of 30 sailors on board. Mills had volunteered for USS YF-415 duty that day but was instead assigned administrative duty. He knew all the Hingham soldiers who died, all of whom were recorded to have been "Afro-Americans." According to Jim Rose, “Mills always resented the way Blacks were treated as second class citizens in the service. Black sailors were assigned menial jobs like stewards and dangerous duty like loading ammunition.” 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.

Nearly 1000 people attend a Vigil in Support of Black Lives on June 2, 2020, following the tragic death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota.   Read more

Hingham Families of Color is formed as an affinity group by members of the Hingham Unity Council. It is an intercultural, interethnic community group that welcomes Hingham residents who are Black, Brown, Latino/Hispanic, Asian, Arab, and Native American, as well as families with children of color and biracial couples. Read more