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  2. Taíno - Wikipedia

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    Puerto Rican historian Loida Figueroa has suggested that all native Puerto Ricans were considered Indian until the beginning of the 19th century, when they were subsequently labelled pardos by Governor don Toribio Montes, who struggled to fit the multiethnic non-whites into American racial categories. Oral histories collected by Juan Manuel ...

  3. Afro–Puerto Ricans - Wikipedia

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    Black Puerto Ricans residing in the mainland United States were assigned to all-black units. Rafael Hernández (1892–1965) and his brother Jesus, along with 16 more Puerto Ricans, were recruited by Jazz bandleader James Reese Europe to join the United States Army's Orchestra Europe.

  4. List of Stateside Puerto Ricans - Wikipedia

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    Rogelio Mills – television personality; Puerto Rican/Black Hispanic American [1] Antonio Sánchez – radio and television personality, show host and producer; Fernando Allende – (Mexican/Puerto Rican host)hosts Miss World international live telecast to 153 countries for the fourth time in a row. Also hosted Buscando Estrellas; Spanish ...

  5. List of Afro–Puerto Ricans - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable Puerto Ricans of significant African ancestry, including visually mixed-race individuals, which represents a significant portion of the Puerto Rican population. It includes people born in or living in the mainland United States, some of whom may be of full Puerto Rican ancestry while others only partially Puerto Rican ...

  6. Hurdler Camacho-Quinn cherishes Olympic gold for Puerto Rico

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    This was what winning an Olympic gold medal for Puerto Rico looked like for hurdler Jasmine Camacho-Quinn: Billboards around San Juan featuring only her first name. Now, along with all of that ...

  7. List of Puerto Rican women - Wikipedia

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    First Puerto Rican female athlete to turn professional, [56] first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal, and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. [57] Lisa Fernández, softball player. Olympic gold medalist. Maritza Correia, athlete. First black Puerto Rican woman in the U.S. Olympic Swimming Team.

  8. List of Puerto Ricans - Wikipedia

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    Carmen García Rosado, Private First Class, U.S. Women's Army Corps; was among the first 200 Puerto Rican women to be recruited into the WAC's during World War II; author of Las WACS-Participacion de la Mujer Boricua en la Segunda Guerra Mundial (The WACs – The participation of the Puerto Rican women in the Second World War), the first book ...

  9. List of Taínos - Wikipedia

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    He died in 1514, during a surprise attack by the Spaniards as he readied his men to attack the mainland to avenge his brother Cacimar's death. [18] Yuisa (Luisa) Cacica in the region near Loíza, Puerto Rico who was baptized by the Spaniards. She died in 1515, during a Carib raid on her land. She married a Spanish man called Pedro Mexias. [62 ...