People & Cultures • Video

Although the first wave of Cubans arrived in the late 1950s, Florida has long been a destination for immigrants since the Spanish first arrived in 1513.  Even Florida’s Miccosukee and Seminole tribes migrated south seeking refuge from European colonization and conflict.

Today the Latinization of Florida continues with thousands of immigrants from Puerto Rico, Colombia, Nicaragua, and Guatemala.  Haitians and Jamaicans characterize the increasing number of Caribbean immigrants.  Economic opportunity attracts many Asians to Florida’s urban and suburban communities.  The following recorded interviews of Florida scholars explore Florida’s increasingly diverse demographics.

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	Cuban Exiles in 1960s Miami Author of Havana USA, historian Maria Christina Garcia describes the change in attitudes of Cuban ex ...read more
	Florida Incubates Hope for Exiled Cubans Historian Maria Christina Garcia describes the aspirations of Cuban exiles arriving in the United St ...read more
	Florida Tourism—Then and Now Florida historian David Colburn talks about how and why tourism has brought people to Florida since ...read more
	Florida’s Diverse Population Historian David Colburn discusses the effects of Florida’s increasingly diverse population. ...read more
	Freedom Flights Bring Thousands to Miami The Freedom Flights, negotiated in 1965, symbolized a turning point in the hopes of exiles for an im ...read more
	The View from Miami Florida historian David Colburn discusses Miami as a vantage point from which to view the many chang ...read more