According to St. Clair Drake, Vera Mae Green was, until "[w]ell into the 1960s", the only African-American female anthropologist who was also a Caribbeanist.
ɐkˈoːɹdɪŋ tə sənt. klˈɛɹ dɹˈeɪk, vˈiəɹə mˈiː ɡɹˈiːn wʌz, ʌntˈɪl "dˈʌbəljˌuː ˈɛl ˌɪntʊ ðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti z", ðɪ ˈoʊnli ˈæfɹɪkənɐmˈɛɹɪkən fˈiːmeɪl ˌænθɹəpˈɑːlədʒˌɪst hˌuː wʌz ˈɔːlsoʊ ɐ kˈæɹɪbˌiːnɪst.