Afro-Caribbean "Diasporic" Consciousness and its Effect on Political Behaviors in Hartford, CT

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Brief Overview

This paper examines how ethnicity shapes political behaviors among the Black immigrant community. In person oral history interviews were conducted on West Indian Immigrants in the Greater Hartford Area of Connecticut for the analysis.

Authors

• Leann Marie Mclaren, University of Connecticut

• Evelyn Simien, University of Connecticut