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Ozuna (real name is Juan Carlos Rosado) – Puerto Rican Reggaeton and Latin trap singer; Johnny Pacheco – Dominican musician, founder of the Fania All-Stars, coined the term "Salsa" Peedi Peedi – rapper; Tony Peña – former Dominican baseball player; Willie Perdomo – writer and poet
Black Hispanic and Latino Americans, also called Afro-Hispanics, [3] Afro-Latinos, [4] Black Hispanics, or Black Latinos, [3] are classified by the United States Census Bureau, Office of Management and Budget, and other U.S. government agencies [5] as Black people living in the United States with ancestry in Latin America or Spain and/or who speak Spanish and/or Portuguese as either their ...
Lieberson and Mikelson of Harvard University analyzed black names, finding that the recent innovative naming practices follow American linguistic conventions even if they are independent of organizations or institutions. [10] Given names used by African-American people are often invented or creatively-spelled variants of more traditional names.
Spanish-speaking and opera-singing Gina Torres has put her skills to work in major TV shows including “Suits” and “9-1-1: Lone Star.” In addition to being a leading lady, she’s had ...
Afro-Latin Americans or Black Latin Americans [30] (sometimes Afro-Latinos [a] [34]) are Latin Americans of sub-Saharan African ancestry. [35] [36] [37] The term Afro-Latin American is not widely used in Latin America outside academic circles. Normally Afro-Latin Americans are called Black (Spanish: negro or moreno; Portuguese: negro or preto ...
Afro-Mexicans (Spanish: afromexicanos), also known as Black Mexicans (Spanish: mexicanos negros), [2] are Mexicans who have heritage from sub-Saharan Africa [3] [2] and identify as such. As a single population, Afro-Mexicans include individuals descended from both free and enslaved Africans who arrived to Mexico during the colonial era , [ 3 ...
Several governors of U.S. territories have been ethnic minorities. Many of these officials were appointed before elections were instituted in these jurisdictions. In each of the five current U.S. territories, Hispanic or non-white ethnic groups make up large majorities: Puerto Rican Hispanic Americans in Puerto Rico, African Americans in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Chamorros in Guam and the ...
Nino Escalera - baseball player, first Hispanic in the Reds franchise; Ángel Espada - boxer; the WBA's world Welterweight champion in 1975-76; Jaime Espinal - professional wrestler; Lucy Fabery - jazz singer, known as "La Muñeca de Chocolate" Antonio Fargas - actor, known for his roles in 1970s blaxploitation movies