Caribbean American Heritage Month Factoid

Compiled By Jordan Bowles

News Americas, Deerfield, FL, FRI. June 14, 2019:  As we mark the 13th day of Caribbean American Heritage Month 2019, did you know that During the Great Depression, more Caribbean people returned to the islands than entered the United States, owing to economic hardship and an even more restrictive immigration policy? But despite all this, the black population of foreign origin and their American-born offspring grew from 55,000 in 1900 to 178,000 in 1930.