Culturally we live with an assumption that AfroLatinidad is a novel concept and has not been a part of the Latine identity since the beginning, therefore in popular representations of Latinidad people who are clearly of African or Native descent go missing. This is not by mere oversight or by ignorance; sadly, this is the result of centuries of racist and white supremacist ideologies

“Understanding AfroLatinidad” is an interactive workshop that utilizes the afrolatin@ forum’s video/media library and research from The Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States.

In 2001, a Black Argentine woman attempted to board a plane to Panamá when immigration officials denied her boarding because they did not believe her passport was real.

It all begins with an idea.

Miriam Jimenez Roman, Executive Director of the AfroLatin@forum: stated "We are not in competition with the African-American community.

Academic study and lived experience converged last night at the Afro−Latin@ Roundtable Forum, where an assembly of over 50 students...

Black experience is unvelied through a journey. Five part series from the Miami Herald.

As an AfroLatin@ New York City turns into Arizona at night because of Stop-and-Frisk Laws and my "undocumented" fears in case of an arrest...

The frustrating ironies of being Afro-Latina hit Yuly Marshall with stunning regularity: At work at a Miami hospital, Hispanic patients of the Cuban-born...

Many young Afro Latin@s are dealing with a world where they are often supposed to side with one ethnic group based on how they look.

Black Enterprise - 11/21/2009

A discussion on the relationship between Blacks & Latinos with panelists David Lamb, playwright; Maylene Garcia, experienced family racism, and Miriam Jimenez Roman, Director, afro-latin@ forum.

March 30, 2012 - In February, Latina magazine listed “6 Afro-Latinas Who Are Changing the World.” Naturally, Miriam Jiménez Román was second on the list.

by Miriam Jiménez Román - For much of the 20th century, a common sight in front of public and White-owned spaces were signs that read, “No niggers...

Nos odiamos a nosotros mismos. Si te odias, ¿cómo puedes luchar contra la injusticia? Ni siquiera la reconoces”.

This week, the Afro-Diasporic world celebrates the life of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg. Schomburg, born on January 24, 1874 in Santurce, Puerto Rico...

Flores frames his work around this presence and the complex issue of race and racism in the Americas.