Notable Caribbeans and Caribbean Americans : a biographical dictionary / Serafin Mendez-Mendez and Gail A. Cueto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mendez-Mendez, Serafín.

Contributor:

Cueto, Gail.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caribbean Americans--Biography--Dictionaries.

Caribbean Americans.

Caribbean Area--Biography--Dictionaries.

Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (488 p.)

Place of Publication:

Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first major biographical dictionary devoted exclusively to celebrating Caribbeans and Caribbean Americans who have made significant contributions to their society and beyond. More than 160 profiles feature historical and contemporary figures from every Caribbean island, the United States, and even England and Canada, and from a diverse range of fields such as acting, sports, political activism, and more. Selection criteria included the notable demonstration of a Caribbean ethos or style, combined with a lasting and novel impact. Individual narrative entries discuss family backgroun

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Grantley Adams; Pedro Albizu Campos; The Alomar Family; Alicia Alonso; Julia Álvarez; Jean-Bertrand Aristide; Joan Armatrading; María Celeste Arrarás; Herman Badillo; Myrna Báez; Joaquín Balaguer; The Barrow Family (Errol Walton Barrow and Nita Barrow); Jean-Michel Basquiat; Harry Belafonte; Minerva Bernardino; Ramón Emeterio Betances; Maurice Bishop; Edward Wilmot Blyden; Juan Bosch; David Boxer; Robert L. Bradshaw; Karl Broodhagen; Alexander Bustamante; Guillermo Cabrera Infante; Cachao (Israel Cachao López); Sila María Calderón

Calypso Rose (McCartha Lewis)Michel Camilo; Stokeley Carmichael (Kwame Ture); Alejo Carpentier; Fidel Castro; Orlando ""Peruchin"" Cepeda; Aimé Césaire; Mary Eugenia Charles; Edward Cheung; Shirley Chisholm; Austin C. Clarke; LeRoy Clarke; Roberto Clemente; Michelle Cliff; Frank Collymore; Miriam Colón; Willie Colón; Maryse Condé; Gilberto Croes (Betico); Celia Cruz; Edwidge Danticat; Oscar de la Renta; Benicio Del Toro; Des'ree (Desiree Weeks); Justino Diaz; Paquito D'Rivera; Juan Pablo Duarte; Tim Duncan; Edouard Duval-Carrié; Mervyn M. Dymally; Gus Edwards; Tomás Esson; Gloria Estefan

Patrick EwingFrantz Fanon; Gigi Fernández; Mary Joe Fernández; The Ferré Family; José Ferrer; Carlos J. Finlay; Marcus Garvey; Mariana Grajales; Nicolás Guillén; Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (Titón); Stuart Hall; The Hart Sisters (Elizabeth Hart Thwaites and Anne Hart Gilbert); The Henríquez Ureña Family (Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal, Salomé Ureña de Henríquez, Maximiliano ""Max"" Henríquez Ureña, Pedro Henríquez Ureña, and Camila Henríquez Ureña); Rafael Hernández; Oscar Hijuelos; Merle Hodge; The Holder Brothers (Boscoe Holder and Geoffrey Holder); Eric Holder; Lorenzo Homar

Eugenio María de HostosHector Hyppolite; C.L.R. James; Grace Jones; Raúl Juliá; Jamaica Kincaid; Wilfredo Lam; George Lamming; Elizabeth Clovis Lange; Ernesto Lecuona; Moses Leverock; Arthur Lewis; Maria Liberia-Peters; Jennifer López; Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts); Audre Lorde; Duke María Loynaz; Jon Lucien; Antonio Maceo; Machito (Frank Grillo); The Manley Family (Edna Manley, Michael Manley, and Norman Washington Manley); Juan Antonio Marichal; Bob Marley; José Martí; Ricky Martin; Antonio Martorell; Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco); Pablo Milanés

Minnie Minoso (Orestes Saturnino Arrieta Armas)Pedro Mir; The Mirabal Sisters (Patria Mercedes Mirabal, Minerva Argentina Mirabal, and Maria Teresa Mirabal); Rita Moreno; Luis Muñoz Marín; V. S. Naipaul; Nanny of the Maroons; Rex Nettleford; ""Chico"" O'Farrill; Johnny Pacheco; Euzhan Palcy; Luis Palés Matos; Antonia Pantoja; Marie-José Pérec; Damaso Pérez Prado; Alexandre Sabés Pétion; Camille Pissarro; Tito Puente; Jean Rhys; Felisa Rincón de Gautier; Chita Rivera; Geraldo Rivera; Graciela Rivera; Carlos Manuel Rodríguez (""El Beato Charlie""); Chi Chi Rodríguez; Silvio Rodríguez

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-34017-4

9786612340178

0-313-09320-2

OCLC:

609857372