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Black Cuban, Black American: A Memoir
Black Cuban, Black American: A Memoir | Evelio Grillo
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Arte Público Presss landmark series "Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage" has traditionally been devoted to long-lost and historic works by Hispanics of decades and even centuries past. The publications of Black Cuban, Black American mark the first original work by a living author to become part of this notable series. The reason for this unprecedented honor can be seen in Evilio Grillos path-breaking life. Ybor City was once a thriving factory town populated by cigar-makers, mostly emigrants from Cuba. Growing up in Ybor City (now part of Tampa) in the early twentieth century, the young Evilio experienced the complexities and sometimes the difficulties of life in a horse-and-buggy society demarcated by both racial and linguistic lines. Life was different depending on whether you were Spanish- or English-speaking, a white or black Cuban, a Cuban American or a native-born U.S. citizen, well off or poor. (Even U.S.-born blacks did not always get along with their Hispanic counterparts.) Grillo captures the joys and sorrows of this unique world that slowly faded away as he grew to adulthood and was absorbed into the African-American community during the Depression. He then tells of his eye-opening experiences as a soldier in an all-black unit serving in the China-Burma-India theatre of operations during World War II. Booklovers may have read of Ybor City in the novels of Jose Yglesias, but never before has the colorful locale been portrayed from this perspective. The book also contains a fascinating eight-page photo insert.
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A few other wonderful South American & latin Caribbean authors that I've loved over the years including a very powerful memoir about one man's experience with dual prejudice, as both a black Cuban, & then as an African American once he came to the United States.

mrozzz I want to add all of these to my TBR!!! 7y
MarticaMustRead As you should @mrozzz !!🤓😉 7y
RaimeyGallant We're playing #LibrariansForTheWin today. You win! ;) 7y
MarticaMustRead Awww, thank you @RaimeyGallant !!! 🙊🤗💓 7y
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