Haitian-Caribbean Book Fair

Here is a pictrure of Mr.book fair in Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood book fair.

At Little Haiti Cultural Center programs are run year-round with summer workshops, a season devoted to the performing arts, and other arts-related events and activities.

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Sa se Rara Lakay nan book fair in Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood.

Te ginyin anpil ti medam ki tape danse ra nan ate Miyami, na ti Ayiti. Se te bel koze oui.

LHCC aims to expose children and youth to the arts, having created an Outreach Program. The program is designed to provide an immersive experience, in which participants can discover their artistic talents.

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Little Haiti Cultural Center Supports Afro-Caribbean Arts. LHCC provides the chance for people to learn more about the arts, and its programs span all fields of creative endeavor. Book fair in Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood

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Little Haiti Cultural Center (LHCC) was founded to be a gathering place for artistic expression, creativity, and inspiration for the Afro-Caribbean community in South Florida. The book fair in Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood.

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No matter whether Miami commissioners officially designate the neighborhood as Little Haiti or not. Book fair in Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood.

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Some people in the area can not accept the fact that the Haitian community has claimed the area for good. The Haitian-Caribbean Book Fair which opened in Little Haiti in Miami is one of the examples that shows that the Haitian community wants to make Little Haiti theirs

Some people say acknowledging Lemon City is not problematic, yet they resent Lemon City saying the name needs to go.

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The Little Haiti neighborhood is here to stay in Miami as the Haitian community is making more of their presence to be known.

Some think racism lies behind efforts to divest the area of its Haitian identity. Ethnic groups have slandered Haiti as a poor country and feel the name Little Haiti would taint the neighborhood and drive away investors. Still others believe Little Haiti and Lemon City ". . . can co-exist side-by-side . . ."

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The Haitian-Caribbean Book Fair and Little Haiti Cultural Center

The history of how Little Haiti came to be began when Haitian migrants settled in the neighborhood at the end of the 70s and beginning of the 80s. It first became known as Little Port-au-Prince but the news media soon coined it Little Haiti.

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The Little Haiti Cultural Center presents the Haitian-Caribbean Book Fair.

Activist Marleine Bastien says newcomers to Little Haiti want to get rid of the name. She can't comprehend ". . . why they don't want it to be named Little Haiti anymore." Conversely Lemon City activist, Georgia Ayers, contends "Lemon City is not in Little Haiti."

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The Haitian-Caribbean Book Fair opens Saturday evening at the Little Haiti Cultural Center

Little Haiti wants Official Name Recognition

A contentious issue is dividing a South Florida community: whether to officially designate the name of the neighborhood as Little Haiti or not. The area has no legally-defined boundaries, and it's led to a wrangle between the Haitian community and residents of Lemon City, who do not consider themselves part of Little Haiti.

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