(Ms. Wanza): Beginning in the late '50s many immigrants moved

to Miami from the Caribbean including Cuba, Haiti and other

countries. Do you believe that these immigrants competed with

Overtown residents for jobs?

 (Mrs. Jennings): Not only did they, they are now, taking over

their jobs. All those people from Nicaragua that's all you see

working and even doing the menial jobs that Blacks had, they're

doing it now and most definitely they did, not only competed but

ummm they have secured all these jobs.

 (Ms. Wanza): Do you recall people moving into the Overtown

area from out of town?

 (Mrs. Jennings): Oh, a long time ago they did because that

was the mecca for Black people to be over there so many people...

because most of the people that lived in our houses...many of them

were from Georgia and New Orleans. I can remember people who had

children and they were from Georgia and New Orleans.

 (Ms. Wanza): Do you recall where they were from?

 (Mrs. Jennings): Georgia and New Orleans and other places,

southern states mostly.

 (Ms. Wanza): Where did they live in Overtown?

 (Mrs. Jennings): They lived wherever they could get a place

to live but I should say here the houses next to us, a group of

those people came from the Bahamas and they seemed to live in

groups because I know several settlements of houses in Overtown,

the ones right next to us, I think those people were from...I think

the place is called Cat Island. Then a few...not blocks but places


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