Two New Exhibits Detail Often Untold Stories Of Black History On The South Fork, From Slavery To Juke Joints

Visitors on Saturday experience the debut of the Southampton African American Museum's "Digital Tapestry" immersive, historically focused virtual and augmented reality experience which uses a cell phone app. DANA SHAW

Visitors on Saturday experience the debut of the Southampton African American Museum's "Digital Tapestry" immersive, historically focused virtual and augmented reality experience which uses a cell phone app. DANA SHAW

Hope Dorsey, the granddaughter of Emanuel Seymore, reacts to seeing her grandfather in animated form at the debut of the Southampton African American Museum's "Digital Tapestry" immersive, historically focused virtual and augmented reality experience which uses a cell phone app. DANA SHAW

In animated form, Emmanuel Seymore, the original owner of the barber shop that later became widely known as Randy’s Barber Shop — located where the museum sits today, narrates a portion of the "Digital Tapestry." DANA SHAW

The East Hampton Library's Long Island Collection has put up a new exhibit featuring some of the tangible historical evidence of the presence of Black slaves in the households of wealthy local residents in the 17th and 18th centuries, who have rarely been acknowledged as playing a role in the growth of the community.

The East Hampton Library's Long Island Collection has put up a new exhibit featuring some of the tangible historical evidence of the presence of Black slaves in the households of wealthy local residents in the 17th and 18th centuries, who have rarely been acknowledged as playing a role in the growth of the community.

The East Hampton Library's Long Island Collection has put up a new exhibit featuring some of the tangible historical evidence of the presence of Black slaves in the households of wealthy local residents in the 17th and 18th centuries, who have rarely been acknowledged as playing a role in the growth of the community.

The East Hampton Library's Long Island Collection has put up a new exhibit featuring some of the tangible historical evidence of the presence of Black slaves in the households of wealthy local residents in the 17th and 18th centuries, who have rarely been acknowledged as playing a role in the growth of the community.

A portion of the Southampton African American Museum's "Digital Tapestry." DANA SHAW