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Cranston, Rhode Island – 924; Cape Verdean immigration continues to this day. Dorchester, ... Because later people from all over the world settled in Cape Verde ...
Joseph Oliver Gomes (Portuguese: Jose Gomes; December 12, 1908 – February 9, 1986) was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1930s.. A native of East Providence, Rhode Island of Cape Verdean descent, Gomes attended East Providence High School, where he was an all-state baseball player, leading the school to the state championship in 1928.
Cape Verdeans, also called Cabo Verdeans (Portuguese: cabo-verdiano), are a people native to Cape Verde, an island nation in West Africa consisting of an archipelago in the central Atlantic Ocean. Cape Verde is a multi-ethnic society, which means that it is home to people of many different ethnic backgrounds.
He was a self-taught musician who learned by listening to the radio and Cape Verdean music at an early age. [2] Tavares, a long time resident of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was considered to be an influential cultural figure within the Cape Verdean American community in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. [1]
Marcelino Manoel de Graça (1882–1960), born in Brava, Cape Verde, Charismatic religious leader, also known as "Sweet Daddy Grace", who founded the United House of Prayer for All People in the Harlem area of New York. His congregation, made up mainly of African Americans, included over three million people. [27]
Joseph S. Almeida, Jr. (born September 23, 1957) is a Cape Verdean American politician who served as the Rhode Island State Representative for the 12th District from 2015 to 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party .
This category includes articles on the history of Cape Verdean Americans. Cape Verdean Americans are citizens and residents of the United States who were born in Cape Verde, or who are of Cape Verdean descent.
Cabral, whose grandparents came from Cape Verde, [4] was born in North Providence, Rhode Island, on 24 April 1948. In the early 1970s, he worked in a day care center, where he realised the power of storytelling to entertain children and to teach them how to listen and communicate. [1]