Papers, 1960-2000.

Serrano, José E. (José Enrique), 1943-

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José Enrique Serrano (born October 24, 1943) is an American politician. He notably served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing New York's 18th, 16th, and 15th congressional districts from 1990 until his retirement in 2021. Born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. he was taken by his family to The Bronx at the age of seven, where he was raised in the Millbrook Houses. Serrano went to Grace Dodge Vocational High School in the Bronx and briefly attended Lehman College in 1961. He ...

Velázquez, Nydia, 1953-

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Nydia Margarita Velázquez Serrano (born March 28, 1953) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1993. Her district was numbered the 12th district from 1993 to 2013; it has been numbered the 7th district since 2013. Velázquez is the first Puerto Rican woman to serve in the United States Congress. Born in the town of Limones in the municipality of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, she became the first in her family to graduate f...

Black and Latino Coalition Against Police Brutality.

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Committee Against Fort Apache.

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National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights (U.S.)

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City university of New York

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Rivera Garcia, Rafael.

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Puerto Rican Council on Higher Education.

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Young Lords (Organization)

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In the 1950's, a variety of ethnic groups resided in the Lincoln Park area and by the early 1960's a substantial Puerto Rican community was established around the south-western borders of the neighborhood. At this time Orlando Davila formed the Young Lords to counter the mounting antagonism against Puerto Ricans by other youth gangs. In 1964, Jose (Cha-Cha) Jimenez assumed the leadership of the Young Lords. In the late 1960's the Young Lords directed their activities to the social and economic c...

Rodgriguez Trias, Helen, 1922-2001.

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Pérez, Richie.

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Torres, Lourdes, 1959-

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Born on August 2, 1953, Lourdes Torres is a community activist from the South Bronx area of New York City. She was active in numerous organizations including Union Estudiantil Pedro Albizu Campos (Pedro Albizu Campos Student Union), and the Committee Against Fort Apache which was created in protest to the film Fort Apache: the Bronx. Torres was a founding member of the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights, which became an important civil rights organization, and served as its secretary and ...

Caballero, Diana.

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Born and raised in the South Bronx area of New York, Caballero is an educator, community organizer and social activist. She has dedicated much of her life to developing civil rights and educational reform organizations. She was president of the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights (1983-1987) and served as coordinator of its Bilingual Education Task Force and the New York Coalition for Bilingual Education. From 1984-1997 she was director of the Puerto Rican/Latino Education Roundtable an ad...

Quiñones, Nathan

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Chancellor. From the description of Reminiscences of Nathan Quinones : Oral history, 1995. 1995. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 269252280 ...

López Antonetty, Evelina, 1922-1984.

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