Source

State Archives of Florida, Series S325

Description

A report from the Cuban Refugee Center in Miami for distribution to government agencies involved in the Cuban Refugee Assistance Program (CRA). The publication consists of human interest stories about the progress of resettlement efforts for Cuban refugees and highlights efforts at the local, state and federal levels to provide assistance to Cuban refugees. Refugees in Florida and elsewhere who participated in the CRA program also share their experiences.

Date

1964-05

Creator

Cuban Refugee Center
United States. Cuban Refugee Program

Contributors

United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

Format

Periodicals

Coverage

Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

Topic

Social Life And Customs

Subjects

Ahern, John
Andrade, Guillermo
Angulo, Jose
Ballanfonte, Errol T.
Castro, Fidel, 1927-2016
Checa, Humberto
Clyde, George Dewey, 1898-1972
Cuban Refugee Program
Cubans--United States
Gil, Rosa Maria
Harrison, Judy
Holladay Community Church
Hyde, Melba C.
Jimenez, Luis
Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia
Lazell, J. Arthur
Lopez, Luciano
Lopez, Mario
Lopez, Orlando
Lyford, Harry B.
Mastroianni, Angelo
Mayans, Vicente
Nationalities Service Center (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Orue, Mauricio Leon
Potocek, Cyril
Ravelo, Juan
Ravelo, Roberto (Bob)
Refugees--Cuba
Refugees--United States
Reilly, John
Saint Joseph Catholic Church (New Britain, Conn.)
Thomas, John Frederick
United States. Coast Guard
Welfare Planning Council, Los Angeles Region
Wilkinson, Mary Louise
Winfield State Hospital and Training Center (Winfield, Kans.)
de la Herran, Rebecca

Geographic Term

Miami
Miami-Dade County
Washington (D.C.)
Kingston (Jamaica)
Grand Cayman(Cayman Islands)
New York City (N.Y.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
New Britain (Conn.)
Winfield (Kans.)
Emporia (Kans.)
Wichita (Kans.)
Mariel (Cuba)
Key West
Monroe County
Salt Lake City (Utah)
Cojimar (Cuba)

General Note

The Cuban Refugee Assistance Program (CRA) was a refugee assistance program brought about by the mass exodus of Cubans from their homeland following the Revolution of 1959. From the early 1960s to the mid-1990s, more than one million Cubans immigrated to the United States. The majority settled in South Florida. The CRA provided healthcare, employment and educational services to Cuban refugees upon their arrival in the United States. The program, approved by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, was administered by the Florida Department of Public Welfare until 1974.