History and Culture

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• Cape Verde / Cape Verdean-American Combined Chronology - Raymond Almeida (updated 12/29/95)
• Nos ku Nos: The Transnational Cape Verdean Community - Raymond A. Almeida

• Early Arrivals
  • Cape Verdeans in the Whaling Industry - Raymond Almeida
  • Cape Verde Packet Trade - Raymond Almeida

• Establishment of Community and Identity
• The Cranberry Bogs
• The Textile Mills
• The Maritime and Fishing Trades
• Movement into the Professions
• World War II and the Korean War
• The 60's and 70's - Civil Rights, Counter-Culture and Vietnam

Profiles

• Raymond Almeida
• Julio J. Alves, Sr.
• Dr. Norman Araujo
• The Barboza Family
• Mary Santos Barros
• Manuel E. "Manny" Costa
• Joaquim "Jack" Custodio
• Bishop Charles M. "Sweet Daddy" Grace
• Alfred Gomes
• Antoine (Tony) "Geech" Gomes
• John P. "Joli" Gonsalves
• Paul Gonsalves
• Judge George N. Leighton
• Thomas D. Lopes
• Tavares

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