in civic and religious organizations like the Holy Name Society and mutual aid groups .
After coming to New England , many Cape Verdean Americans found new types of work , laboring in cranberry bogs and on the docks . Photographs sourced from the Smithsonian Institution show entire families at work harvesting cranberries . The museum ’ s collection also includes tools for making traditional Cape Verdean dishes , including cachupa — a stew of hominy corn and beans — and examples of traditional pano textiles .
Following the country ’ s independence from Portugal in 1975 , Cape Verdean Americans formed Tchuba , the American Committee for Cape Verde , to lobby the United States government to provide humanitarian assistance . The museum ’ s contemporary exhibits record the history of prominent Cape Verdean Americans , including Congressman Hakeem Jeffries of New York , and locals like the Tavares brothers — whose music appeared in Saturday Night Fever — and boxer and actress Kali Reis .
“ After independence , Cape Verde started to take back our African identity ,” Smart says .
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