National Caribbean American Month is celebrated every June to honor and celebrate America’s rich and diverse culture, which also includes the Caribbean-American population. 

As descendants from Africans, who intermarried with the Indigenous inhabitants who settled in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Garifunas, are part of the unique cultures and melting pot of ethnicities that have their roots in the Caribbean. "Youroumaÿn" is the original Carib name of the island of St Vincent and the Grenadines.The name is spelled Yurumein in Central America.

Garifuna History and a Caribbean American Playwright’s Contribution to African American Theater 
As the “Cultural Capital” of the World, New York City has the privilege of hosting one of the original "Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity." The Garifuna Heritage has enriched the cultural landscape of New York City for 200 years!

Playwright William Henry Brown wrote and staged the first African American play, The Drama of King Shotaway in 1823, a historical drama based on the Black Caribs (Garifuna) defense of the island of St. Vincent in 1795 against British colonization, led by the Paramount Chief Joseph Chatoyer.