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

1963-06

Creator

Cuban Refugee Center (Miami, Fla.)
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

Alvarez, Isadoro Monteagudo
Arellano, Eduardo R.
Armstrong, Annabelle
Bowden, W. P.
Castro, Fidel, 1927-2016
Chicopee Undergarment Manufacturing Company
Cubans--United States
Dalmau, Ernesto Fernandez, Arellano, Joe M.
Izaguirre, Amado
Jordan, Walfredo
Lazell, J. Arthur
Leon, Olga
Lyford, Harry B.
Maryville College (Maryville, Tenn.)
Moyer, Paul A.
New York Association for New Americans
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (Kirksville, Mo.)
Princeton Theological Seminary (Princeton, N.J.)
Refugees--Cuba
Refugees--United States
Reus, Juan Santos
Ruisanchez, Hilda
Santiago, Carmen Luisa
Thomas, John Frederick
United Protestant Church (Palmer, Alaska)
United States. Coast Guard
United States. Office of Education
University of Havana (Havana, Cuba)
Valdes, Nemesio
Wise, Marshall
Young Harris College (Young Harris, Ga.)

Geographic Term

Miami
Miami-Dade County
Washington (D.C.)
New York City (N.Y.)
Mayfield (Ky.)
Chicopee (Mass.)
Havana (Cuba)
Baton Rouge (La.)

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.