Jennifer Kay, Associated PressAfrican-AmericanHenry Louis Gates Explores Black Culture in Latin America“Black in Latin America” is the companion book to the PBS television series Henry Louis Gates Jr. produced tracing the legacy of slavery in six Caribbean and Latin American nations.August 1, 2011African-AmericanHaitian-Americans Mark 1st Year Since EarthquakeHaitian-American leaders and others are using Wednesday’s anniversary of Haiti’s massive earthquake to implore the Obama administration to welcome tens of thousands of Haitians who were promised visas but remain in the crippled Caribbean country on waiting lists.January 11, 2011LatinxCaribbeans Urged to Write in Ancestry on U.S. CensusIdentify yourself as being of “Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin” on the 2010 U.S. Census questionnaire and you will get to be more specific about your ancestry. But check the box for “Black, African-American or Negro” and there will be no place to mark your identity.February 24, 2010Page 1 of 1
