The Caribbean Diaspora Oral History Collection documents and makes accessible the contributions of people of Caribbean ancestry who share stories of migration to the United States and the challenges inherent in such displacements. The 20 interviewees are from various countries from the Caribbean basin such as Columbia, Cuba, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and Puerto Rico.
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Interview with Althea (Vicki) Silvera, Archives and Special Collections Department Head at Florida International University. She was born in Jamaica and moved to the…
Interview with Althea (Vicki) Silvera
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Interview with Carl Juste, a Haitian-Cuban-American photojournalist who grew up in New York and moved to Miami with his family as a child. He is the son of…
Interview with Carl Juste
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Interview with Dr. Freddie Young, a retired principal and administrator of Miami-Dade County schools. She is of Bahamian descent. While working for the county, she also…
Interview with Dr. Freddie G. Young
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Interview with Edouard Duval Carrié, painter and sculptor. He was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Edouard remained in Haiti until the age of nine, when his family…
Interview with Edouard Duval Carrié
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Interview with Elizabeth Baez, Puerto Rican artist. Originally born in Brooklyn, New York, she moved to Puerto Rico at the age of 12 and stayed there with her family for…
Interview with Elizabeth Baez
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Interview with Elizabeth Guérin, a Haitian television host who started her TV and radio career at the age of eight. At fifteen, she acted in Woy Les Voilà,…
Interview with Elizabeth Guérin
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Interview with Federico Uribe, a Colombian artist who now works in Miami. His artwork focuses mainly on taking everyday objects and intertwining or…
Interview with Federico Uribe
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Interview with Firelai Baez, artist. She was born in the Dominican Republic and immigrated to Miami at the age of nine. Firelei studied psychology in Miami-Dade and…
Interview with Firelei Báez
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Interview with Alejandro Lopez, a priest whose life has revolved around service and ministry. Fr. Lopez was born in Cuba, lived in Canada for a while, before finally…
Interview with Fr. Alejandro López
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Interview with Francisco Portillo, a political activist in Miami who currently runs an organization helping Honduran immigrants. He is the founder and president of…
Interview with Francisco Portillo
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Interview with Gepsie M. Metellus, an executive director and co-founder of the Haitian Neighborhood Center or Sant La in Miami. She was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti,…
Interview with Gepsie M. Metellus
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Interview with Lucy Canzoneri Golden, co-director of Coral Reef Montessori School. Lucy was born in Colombia, but grew up in Queens, New York. She graduated from high…
Interview with Lucy Canzoneri-Golden
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Interview with María Rodriguez, Executive Director of the Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC). María was born in Kansas and grew up in Puerto Rico. She…
Interview with María Rodriguez
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Interview with Marlon Hill, international corporate and transactional attorney. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica and attended a Jesuit secondary school there. Marlon…
Interview with Marlon Hill
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Interview with Nixon St-Hubert, a Haitian DJ singer who goes by the stage name Nickymix. He has become one of the most famous Haitian DJs and performs at all of the…
Interview with Nixon St-Hubert (DJ Nickymix)
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Nora Sandigo is a community activist, co-founder of Fraternidad Nicaragüense (1989), and current director of American Fraternity. She promotes pro-amnesty…
Interview with Nora Sandigo
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