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Occupation. poet. Nationality. Puerto Rican. Lola Rodríguez de Tió (September 14, 1843 – November 10, 1924) was the first Puerto Rican -born woman poet to establish herself a reputation as a great poet throughout all of Latin America. [1] A believer in women's rights, she was also committed to the abolition of slavery and the independence ...
Pedro Albizu Campos (June 29, 1893 [ 2 ] – April 21, 1965) was a Puerto Rican attorney and politician, and a leading figure in the Puerto Rican independence movement. He was the president and spokesperson of the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico from 1930 until his death. He led the nationalist revolts of October 1950 against the United States ...
chulería. While in other countries this word means "insolence", [13] in Puerto Rico it has an entirely different meaning and is used to describe that something is good, fun, funny, great or beautiful. [14] corillo. Friend, or group of friends. [9] dura.
José Campeche. José Campeche y Jordán (December 23, 1751 – November 7, 1809), is the first known Puerto Rican visual artist and considered by art critics as one of the best rococo artists in the Americas. Campeche y Jordán loved to use colors that referenced the landscape of Puerto Rico, as well as the social and political crème de la ...
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 ...
Nationality. Puerto Rican. Occupation (s) cultural anthropologist and archeologist. Spouse. Carmen Pons. Children. 1. Ricardo E. Alegría Gallardo[a] (April 14, 1921 – July 7, 2011) was a Puerto Rican scholar, cultural anthropologist and archaeologist known as the "father of modern Puerto Rican archaeology ".
Felipe Luciano. Felipe Luciano (born 1947, East Harlem, New York City) is a poet, community activist, journalist, media personality, and politician. [1] He is of Afro-Puerto Rican heritage. [2] He is known for his significant involvement in both the Young Lords Party and The Last Poets, and more generally, as "an early and important participant ...
Doctoral advisor. Norman Lloyd Johnson (Iowa) Minerva Cordero Braña [1][2] is a Puerto Rican mathematician and a professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Arlington. She is also the university's Senior Associate Dean for the College of Science, where she is responsible for the advancement of the research mission of the college. [3]