PBS Books | Journey to the Freedom Tower - Stories of Cuban Migration to Miami  | Visions of America @PBSBooks | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
The Freedom Tower (or Torre de la Libertad) in Miami has graced the city’s skyline for nearly a century, but it wasn’t until it played a crucial role in hosting Cuban refugees who fled their home country in the wake of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 that it became an important national landmark. Join host and Institute of Museum and Library Services Director Crosby Kemper as he explores the interior of the Freedom Tower with Miami Dade College President Madeline Pumariega.

Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ada Ferrer, author of Cuba: An American History, shares about the Cuban-immigrant experience in the United States. Then, Crosby ventures to Little Havana to enjoy the sounds of its rich and vibrant culture and have a discussion, along with Cuban cuisine at Miami’s famous Versailles, with community members Alberto Ibargüen, Aida Levitan, Sam Verdeja and A.J. D'Amico. They have a lively conversation about Miami’s growth and change.

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