Since a proclamation signed by President George Bush in 2006, June is celebrated as Caribbean American Heritage Month to recognize the many contributions of the community. Check out resources available at the Latin American & Caribbean Collection and online. And come pick up a flag button to celebrate your Caribbean American pride!
To learn more about Caribbean American Heritage month visit the official website: https://caribbeanamericanmonth.com/
The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC):
The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) is a wonderful digital resource for anyone interested in learning more about the Caribbean. It is a cooperative of partners that provides free, open access to Caribbean cultural, historical, scientific and research materials held in archives, libraries, museums, private collections, and other institutions of memory.
dLOC provides access to a variety of materials from the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean, including newspapers, maps, photographs, manuscripts, and more! Visit dLOC to access these materials.
Select books in the LACC, available for check-out:
- Women in Jamaican music Augustyn, Heather; 2020; LAC (ML82.A85 2020)
- Narrating history, home, and dyaspora: critical essays on Edwidge Danticat Butler, Maia L.; Davis-McElligatt, Joanna; Feifer, Megan, editors; 2022; LAC (PS3554.A5815 Z78 2022)
- Perspectives on Caribbean football Charles, Christopher A. D. editor; 2015; LAC (GV944.C37 P37 2015)
- The pen and the pan: food, fiction and homegrown Caribbean feminism(s) Cope, Robyn; 2021; LAC (PR9205.4 .C67 2021)
- Caribbean and Atlantic diaspora dance: igniting citizenship Daniel, Yvonne; 2011; LAC (GV1631.D36 2011)
- Create dangerously: the immigrant artist at work Danticat, Edwidge; 2010; LAC (PS3554.A5815 Z463 2010)
- Taking flight: Caribbean women writing from abroad Donahue, Jennifer Lynn; 2020; LAC (PN849.C3 D66 2020)
- Creole clay: heritage ceramics in the contemporary Caribbean Fay, Patricia J.; 2017; LAC (F1619.3.P6 F39 2017)
- Food culture in the Caribbean Houston, Lynn Marie; 2005; LAC (TX716.A1 H67 2005)
- Caribbean children’s literature Nies, Betsy L. and García Vega, Melissa, editors; 2023; New Book Shelf (PN1009.A1 C328 2023)
- Taste the islands: culinary adventures in a Caribbean kitchen Sinclair, Hugh; Verna, Cynthia; Thompson, Calibe; 2020; LAC (TX716.A1 S56 2020)
- How to say Babylon : a memoir Sinclair, Safiya; 2023 ; New Book Shelf (PS3619.I56847 Z46 2023)
- The dynamics of Caribbean tourism: opportiunities, challenges and a re-imagined future Sinclair-Maragh, Gaunette Marie, editor; 2023; New Book Shelf (G155.W4 S56 2023)
- Women in Jamaican music Augustyn, Heather; 2020; LAC (ML82.A85 2020)
- Narrating history, home, and dyaspora : critical essays on Edwidge Danticat Butler, Maia L.; Davis-McElligatt, Joanna; Feifer, Megan, editors; 2022; LAC (PS3554.A5815 Z78 2022)
- Harvesting Haiti : reflections on unnatural disasters Chancy, Myriam J. A.; 2023; New Book Shelf (HV600 2010.H2 C436 2023)
- Perspectives on Caribbean football Charles, Christopher A. D. editor; 2015; LAC (GV944.C37 P37 2015)
- The pen and the pan: food, fiction and homegrown Caribbean feminism(s) Cope, Robyn; 2021; LAC (PR9205.4 .C67 2021)
- Caribbean and Atlantic diaspora dance: igniting citizenship Daniel, Yvonne; 2011; LAC (GV1631 .D36 2011)
- Create dangerously: the immigrant artist at work Danticat, Edwidge; 2010; LAC (PS3554.A5815 Z463 2010)
- Taking flight: Caribbean women writing from abroad Donahue, Jennifer Lynn; 2020; LAC (PN849.C3 D66 2020)
- Creole clay: heritage ceramics in the contemporary Caribbean Fay, Patricia J.; 2017; LAC (F1619.3.P6 F39 2017)
- Food culture in the Caribbean Houston, Lynn Marie; 2005; LAC (TX716.A1 H67 2005)
- Conversations with Edwidge Danticat Montgomery, Maxine Lavon; 2017; LAC (PS3554.A5815 Z46 2017)
- Caribbean children’s literature Nies, Betsy L. and García Vega, Melissa, editors; 2023; New Book Shelf (PN1009.A1 C328 2023)
- Taste the islands: culinary adventures in a Caribbean kitchen Sinclair, Hugh; Verna, Cynthia; Thompson, Calibe; 2020; LAC (TX716.A1 S56 2020)
- How to say Babylon : a memoir Sinclair, Safiya; 2023 ; New Book Shelf (PS3619.I56847 Z46 2023)
- The dynamics of Caribbean tourism: opportiunities, challenges and a re-imagined future Sinclair-Maragh, Gaunette Marie, editor; 2023 ; New Book Shelf (G155.W4 S56 2023)
Browse the library catalog to find additional resources.