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Some people may call them a "fake Puerto Rican". And I don't think that that's fair, because they still grew up on rice and beans. They still listen to salsa and merengue. You know, you may not be born in Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican is definitely born in you. ” — Rosie Perez, April 27, 2006 interview with NPR.
William Richard Cumpiano (born April 30, 1945) is a builder of stringed musical instruments and is known for his writing and teaching of the art of luthiery.He has been involved in the preservation and understanding of the fading musical and musical craft traditions of his native Puerto Rico.
The Verses themselves were carefully written in a poetic style called a décima which was a known song style among rural Puerto Rican peasants, such as the Jíbaro (Scarano, Frances A 1409). Cabrera’s popularization of the décima gave way to the association of literary work written either from the perspective or claimed identity of a Jíbaro ...
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Julia Constanza Burgos García (February 17, 1914 – July 6, 1953), also known as Julia de Burgos, was a Puerto Rican poet, journalist, independista, Nuyorican, and teacher. [1] As an advocate of Puerto Rican independence, she served as Secretary General of the Daughters of Freedom, the women's branch of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. [2]
Rodríguez de Tió was born Dolores Rodríguez de Astudillo y Ponce de León [note 1] in San Germán, Puerto Rico.Her father, Sebastián Rodríguez de Astudillo, was one of the founding members of the Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico (literally, "Illustrious College of Attorneys," the governing body for Spanish attorneys in Puerto Rico, similar to a bar association). [2]
Felipe Luciano was born "Phillip" in 1947 in Spanish Harlem and was raised by his mother, Aurora, who was a devout Pentecostal Christian. [5] Luciano describes the public housing project where they lived as "the craphole of the world," saying, "no one ever placed as his or her first choice on the Housing Authority application, 'Brookline Projects.'" [6] He feels that his childhood was cut ...
On May 29, 2014, The Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico honored 12 illustrious women with plaques in the "La Plaza en Honor a la Mujer Puertorriqueña" (Plaza in Honor of Puerto Rican Women) in San Juan. According to the plaques the 12 women, who by virtue of their merits and legacies, stand out in the history of Puerto Rico.