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Poet and dancer Lucille Ranger-Brown performing at the Jamaican Cultural Extravaganza on Jamaican Independence Day - Miami, Florida.

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FA5800

Photographer

Sommers, Laurie Kay

Date

1985

Date Note

Photographed in August 1985.

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives:Metro Dade Fieldwork, Color Slides, Laurie Sommers, 1985 ; Box 1, FF12

Geographic Term

Miami (Fla.)
Miami-Dade County (Fla.)

Subject Term

Personal Subjects

Ranger-Brown, Lucille, 1920-2003.

Corporate Subject

Miami-Dade Folklife Survey.
Unity Center of Miami (Miami, Fla.)
Jamaican Cultural Extravaganza (Miami, Fla.)
Florida Folklife Program.

Physical Description

1 slide - col. - 35 mm.

General Note

The event took place at Miami's Unity Center.

Poet and dancer Lucille Ranger-Brown performing at the Jamaican Cultural Extravaganza on Jamaican Independence Day - Miami, Florida.

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Poet and dancer Lucille Ranger-Brown performing at the Jamaican Cultural Extravaganza on Jamaican Independence Day - Miami, Florida.

Subject

Flower arrangement

Decorative arts

Ethnicity, Latin American and Caribbean

Ethnicity, Jamaican

Clothing, Latin American and Caribbean

Domestic arts

Personal adornment

Entertainment

Balls (Parties)

International dances

Jamaican dances

Jamaican dancers

Arts (Performing)--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Jamaican Independence Day

Ethnic patriotic celebrations

Secular festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Community rites--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Practices

Belief and custom

Folklife and folklore projects

Projects, Instate

Clothing and dress

Jamaicans--Clothing

Ethnic costume

Folk dancing, Jamaican

Dance--Jamaica

Dance

Poets

Dancers

Jamaican American entertainers--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Jamaican Americans--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Jamaican American women--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Performing arts--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Material culture--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Manners and customs

Recreation--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Ethnic festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Costume--Jamaica

Creator

Sommers, Laurie Kay

Date

1985

Identifier

FA5800

Image URL

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Thumbnail

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Date Note

Photographed in August 1985.

Geographic Term

Miami (Fla.)

Miami-Dade County (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col. - 35 mm.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives:Metro Dade Fieldwork, Color Slides, Laurie Sommers, 1985 ; Box 1, FF12

Shelf Number

Shelf number: SNS1667B1FF12.

General Note

The event took place at Miami's Unity Center.

Subject - Person

Ranger-Brown, Lucille, 1920-2003.

Subject - Corporate

Miami-Dade Folklife Survey.

Unity Center of Miami (Miami, Fla.)

Jamaican Cultural Extravaganza (Miami, Fla.)

Florida Folklife Program.

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Chicago Manual of Style

Sommers, Laurie Kay. Poet and dancer Lucille Ranger-Brown performing at the Jamaican Cultural Extravaganza on Jamaican Independence Day - Miami, Florida. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111579>, accessed 19 June 2026.

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Sommers, Laurie Kay. Poet and dancer Lucille Ranger-Brown performing at the Jamaican Cultural Extravaganza on Jamaican Independence Day - Miami, Florida. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111579>

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(State Archives of Florida/Sommers)

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Poet and dancer Lucille Ranger-Brown performing at the Jamaican Cultural Extravaganza on Jamaican Independence Day - Miami, Florida.

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