Susan L. Taylor, Trinidad and Tobago – Caribbean-American Woman of Influence
Journalist and editor Susan L. Taylor was born in 1946 in Harlem in New York City. Her mother was from Trinidad and Tobago, and her father was from St. Kitts. She was raised in East Harlem where her father owned a clothing store. The family moved to Queens when she was in her teens. Taylor […]
U.S. Travelers Choose Jamaica as Top Caribbean Destination
The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) reported that Jamaica is ranked at the top of the list of bookings by travelers from the United States to the Caribbean. The JTB made its announcement at a meeting of senior executives of the Flight Center Travel Group Ltd. (FLT), one of the biggest travel organizations in the world, […]
Jamaican Canadian, Princeton’s First Black Valedictorian, Delivers Exceptional In-Person Commencement Address
Almost two years after the traditional commencement ceremonies for Princeton’s Class of 2020 were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, over 1,000 undergraduates and 115 graduate alumni, their family members, and their friends traveled to attend the 2022 on-campus commencement ceremony. Jamaican Canadian Nicholas Johnson, the First Black Valedictorian at Princeton University, gave a valedictory […]
Molly Rhone, OJ – Saluting 60 Jamaican Women
Did you know that netball is the largest female sport in the world? Yes it is! Molly Rhone cannot remember a time when she did not love netball. She had such a passion for the game, that by age thirteen, she was on the senior team at the Knox Community College in Manchester, the parish […]
Eric Holder Jr., Barbados – Caribbean-American Man of Influence
American lawyer and the first African American to serve as United States Attorney General, Eric Himpton Holder Jr. was born in 1951 in the Bronx in New York City to a father from St. Joseph in Barbados and a mother whose parents were immigrants to New Jersey from St. Phillip in Barbados. He grew up […]
Florida Jerk Festival 2022 Offered a Flavorful Tour of Jamaican Cuisine, Caribbean Music, and Cultural Spirit
Florida Jerk Festival 2022 was presented by Full-A-Vybez Entertainment and took place last month on Memorial Day in Lake Worth, Florida’s John Prince Park—which was a change from previous years where it was held in Palm Beach (at the South Florida Fairgrounds). Indeed, the Florida Jerk Festival is arguably the premier Caribbean-centered food festival in […]
