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  2. Killing of Adolfina Villanueva Osorio - Wikipedia

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    Villanueva Osorio, an Afro–Puerto Rican woman born c. 1946, was shot dead as police attempted to evict her family from their home. The house was quickly demolished and at trial, a police officer was found not guilty of shooting her. Villanueva Osorio is remembered as a victim of racial violence by the local community, which has prevented any ...

  3. Miriam Jiménez Román - Wikipedia

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    Jiménez Román was born on June 11, 1951, in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Miriam graduated from Manhattan's High School of Art and Design in 1969, [4] She was a visiting scholar in Africana Studies at New York University. [5] Along with her husband, [6] Juan Flores, she was co-editor of the Afro-Latin@ Studies Reader: History and Culture in the ...

  4. Afro–Puerto Ricans - Wikipedia

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    Afro–Puerto Rican youth are learning more of their peoples' history from textbooks that encompass more Afro–Puerto Rican history. [ 56 ] [ 93 ] [ 94 ] The 2010 US census recorded the first drop of the percentage whites made up of Puerto Rico, and the first rise in the black percentage, in over a century. [ 95 ]

  5. Sylvia del Villard - Wikipedia

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    February 28, 1990. (1990-02-28) (aged 62) San Juan, Puerto Rico. Nationality. Puerto Rican. Notes. Sylvia Del Villard was the first and only director of the office of the Afro-Puerto Rican affairs of the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture. Sylvia Del Villard (February 28, 1928 – February 28, 1990), was an actress, dancer, choreographer and ...

  6. Maritza Correia - Wikipedia

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    Maritza Correia (born December 23, 1981), also known by her married name Maritza McClendon, is a former Olympic swimmer from Puerto Rico who swam representing the United States. [2] When she qualified for the U.S. Olympic team in 2004, she became the first Puerto Rican of African descent to be a member of the U.S. Olympic swimming team.

  7. Marta Moreno Vega - Wikipedia

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    As Director, she continued the founder's, Rafael Montañez Ortiz, work in educating the community about the need to support a museum depicting their history. In June 1974, she curated an exhibition documenting slavery and Afro-Puerto Rican heritage called Aspectos de la esclavitud en Puerto Rico. [8] She served as director until March 1975.

  8. List of Stateside Puerto Ricans - Wikipedia

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    Lloyd Banks – American rapper, member of G-Unit; of Puerto Rican and African American descent [55] Ray Barretto (1929–2006) – Puerto Rican jazz musician [56] Nessa Barrett – American singer of Puerto Rican descent; Samuel Beníquez – Puerto Rican writer, composer, music producer, businessman, publicist, activist, and philanthropist

  9. Latin Kings - Wikipedia

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    The gang was founded by Puerto Ricans in Chicago, Illinois, in 1954. [24][25] The Latin Kings are one of the largest Hispanic and Latino street and prison gangs worldwide. [26][27][28] In the United States, the Latin Kings operate under two umbrella factions—the King Motherland Chicago (KMC) faction headquartered in Chicago, and the Bloodline ...

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