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DIGITAL L about the cultural, hi more infor m Digital Li b 50 | 50 T h Jamaic a February This year m and Toba Special C to Indepe n The exhib Trinidad a Gleaner n Jamaica r exhibitio n The exhib Green Li b digital re s ( www.dl o (www.yo u FIU Libra Hintzen a to its inde commenti Diaspora Jamaica T Project. T Street, M i L IBRARY OF T Caribbean a n hi storical and r e m ation, go to w b rary of the C h e Road to In a and Trinida d 21, 2012 m arks the 50 t go. In recog n C ollections an d n dence Jam a it traces the r a nd Tobago t h n ewspaper fr o emained a p a ; and Trinida d it will be on d b rary at the M s ources held i n o c.com/UF0 0 u tube.com/w a ries will host a nd Erica Will i pendence. F I ng on the ne e Studies Prog r T ourist Board T he event will i ami, Florida. T HE CARIBB E n d circu m -Ca ri e search mater i w ww.dloc.co m .aribbean (dL dependence: d and Tobag o t h anniversary n ition of Blac k d the Digital L a ica and Trin i oad from the h rough politi c o m Septembe a rt of the Fed e d ian pamphl e isplay during M odesto Maid n dLOC, suc h 0 090030/00 0 a tch?v=_Nqj W a conversatio i ams Connell U Professor D e d for indepe n r am and the F the Consula t take place F e For more inf o E AN (dLOC) is ri bbean. dLO C i als currently h OC) o of independ e k History Mo n L ibrary of the i dad and Tob a West Indian c s, art and cu l r 20, 1961, w e ration; origi n e ts on loan fr o the month of ique Campu s h as the 198 2 0 37 ), and vi d W qvE9Ps ). n about the j o the daughte D onna WeirS n dence. The F IU Latin Am e t e General o f e bruary 28th o rmation, ple is a cooperati v C provides ac c h eld in archive s e nce from Gr e n th, Florida I n Caribbean d a go Federation t o l ture. Items o w hich publish e n al art from t h o m the Univer February on s An online e 2 Independen c d eos from the o urney to ind e r of Caribbe a S oley will als o event is co-s p e rican and C a f Jamaica an d at 5:30 pm i n ase call 305. v e digital libr a c ess to digitiz e s libraries, an d e at Britain fo r n ternational U d esigned a sp o independen o f special not e e d the results o h e first Jamai c sity of Florid a the second fl e xhibit is in de c e issue of th e National Lib e pendence le a n statesman o read some L p onsored by t a ribbean Ce n d the Universi n Green Libr a 348.3008. a ry for resourc e e d versions o f nd private coll e r both Jamai c U niversity (FI U ecial exhibit: t nations of J a e in the exhib i o f the refere n c an post-Ind e a Latin Ameri c oor of the St e e velopment w h e Jamaica Jo u rary of Jamai c d by FIU Pro f Eric Williams ouise Bennet t he FIU Afric a n ter, with sup p ty of the We s a ry, Room 22 0 e s from and f Caribbean e ctions. For c a and Trinid a U ) Libraries 50 | 50 The R a maica and i t include the n dum to deci d e pendence c an Collectio e ven and Dor o h ich will highl u rna l c a f essor Percy who led Trin i t poetry a n and Africa n p ort from the s t Indies Fifty / 0 11200 SW a d R oad d e if n. o thea ight i dad n / Fifty 8th

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Florida International University Libraries Special Collections and the Digital Library of the Caribbean Cordially invite you to join us for a conversation about the 50 th Anniversary of Independence of Jamaica and the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago Featuring: Percy Hintzen, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, FIU & Erica Williams Connell, Founder, The Eric Williams Memorial Collection Research Library, Archives & Museum at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago February 28, 2012 at 5:30pm Green Library, Room 220 Florida International University | 11200 SW 8th St. | Miami, Fl In conjunction with the Gallery at the Green Black History Month Exhibit 50 | 50 The Road to Independence: Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago Event will feature Donna Weir Soley reading poetry by "Miss Lou" the Hon. Louise Bennett Coverly, O.M. Admission is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. This presentation is co sponsored by the FIU African and African Diaspora Studies Program and the FIU Latin American and Caribbean Center and the following outside supporters