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    1. Provincializing Harlem: The "Negro Metropolis" as Northern Frontier of a Connected Caribbean

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Putnam,Lara (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2013-09
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Modernism/Modernity
    Journal Title Details:
    20(3) : 469-484
    Notes:
    The article discusses the transnational aspects of Harlem, New York City, New York, with a particular focus on the borough's cultural relations with the British West Indies during the 1920s and 1930s. An overview of the Caribbean immigrants in Harlem, including working class immigrants, is provided. The role that British Caribbean blacks played in the transatlantic media is discussed.

    2. Study focuses on Haitian media

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Format:
    Newspaper Article
    Publication Date:
    Feb 2-Feb 8, 2012
    Published:
    Coral Springs, FL
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    South Florida Times
    Journal Title Details:
    5 : 1B-1B,3B
    Notes:
    The study found that Creole and French-language media in Miami have a significant dual function for the Haitian community, "fostering societal cohesion and immigrant incorporation" while, at the same time, helping Haitians living in Miami to "keep informed about and participate in what is happening in Haiti." "We wanted to look at the Haitian media in greater Miami because the community is the largest Haitian community in the country and the second-largest national origin group in Miami Dade County, yet little is known about its media in the larger society." "In the first days of the catastrophe, they all went to English-speaking television, whether they could understand it or not," said Tsitsi Wakhisi, associate professor of Professional Practice in Journalism at the U.M. School of Communication and another co-author of the report. "The people were looking for on-the-ground coverage, while using their cell phones to try to reach people in Haiti. Once American networks stopped their coverage, they relied on Haitian media."