The campaign to designate June as National Caribbean American
Heritage Month was spearheaded by Dr. Claire Nelson, founder and
president of the Institute of Caribbean Studies. Through the
commemoration of this month, we hope to ensure that America is reminded
that its greatness lies in its diversity, with Caribbean immigrants
from Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, sports icon Tim Duncan, and
journalist Malcolm Gladwell, who have and continue to shape the
American Dream. The Caribbean region was created through violence and trauma, from
the exploration and annihilation by Columbus and his Spanish backers on
the native people to the French, English, Dutch, Danish, and American
use of African, Indian, and others to create income wealth in their
nations. The sweat, labor, and king sugar of the Caribbean people have shaped
this and other nations.
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