following the footsteps of that first moatal caribbean american, alexander hamilton. susan rice, shirley chis and our current -- chirsom and our current vice president, kamala harris, share caribbean heritage. we honor them and the legacy they have left. journalists like january pierre, the first black -- jean-pierre, the first black american to become press secretary for u.s. president. abby phillip, these are caribbean women who continue to disrupt the media by uplifting and amplifying black voices. our contributions are not limited to those within the rule of law. caribbean americans have a long history of social activists, free thinkers, revolutionaries. everyone recalls denmark vesse, who led the slave revolt in south carolina, a free man who died to free others. hubert harrison, a fellow virgin islandser and new yorker, who is often left in the shadows, was considered the father of harlem radicalism. men like malcolm x whose mother was from gra yairva -- grenada. the founder of the black panthers from trinidad. and james wendall johnson who wrote "lift every voice and