Changing Times: One of the First and Last African-American Skipjack Captains

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“For centuries, Chesapeake Bay oysters were harvested by skipjacks, those tall, sleek, singled-masted sailboats. The skipjacks are mostly gone now, replaced by more efficient, less majestic ways of fishing. But one skipjack captain [Kermit Travers, 78] refuses to fade away.” Listen to the story here.

 

 

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