Vicente Fernandez
Where is he from?
Mexico
Dolores Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) union alongside other famous civil rights leaders?
Cesar Chavez
What year was she born?
1958
What was her highest role?
Surgeon General of the United States.
What sport did he play?
Baseball
What is he most known for?
Being a Mexican musician
What famous Spanish phrase and rallying cry.. did Dolores Huerta create during a 1972 protest?
"¡Sí, se puede!"
Where did Ellen grow up?
San Diego
Who does she advocate for?
Women, children, and minorities.
What team did he play?
Philadelphia Athletics
How many Latin Grammy Awards did he win?
9
Before focusing entirely on labor rights and organizing farmworkers, what was Dolores Huerta's original profession that inspired her activism after seeing her students arrive hungry and barefoot?
School teacher
What did Ellen get her degree in?
Physics
During which presidency did she become Surgeon General?
George H.W. Bush.
How old was he when he played in the MLB
What was the name his famous suit?
Traje de charro
In what year did Dolores Huerta receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, sharing the honors that day with fellow recipients astronaut John Glenn and novelist Toni Morrison in?
2012
What year did Ellen become a space center director?
2013
Where did she work before becoming Surgeon General?
National Institute of Health
Did he know his historical status to the MLB?
No. when he passed he was completely unaware of his own historic status
Did Vicente Fernandez write his own music? Yes or no?
No,
Vicente Fernandez did not write his own songs. Instead, he acted as a master interpreter, choosing tracks written by legendary composers like José Alfredo Jiménez and Fernando Z. Maldonado and making them his own through his powerful vocal delivery.
The Dolores Huerta Foundation was established to train community organizers and run nonpartisan voter registration drives. This grassroots organization was founded in the same year that Apple debuted its Safari web browser, the professional networking site LinkedIn went live, and Tesla Motors was incorporated. What was the year?
2003
Was she the first woman to go to space?
No, She was the first HISPANIC women to go to space
Where did she go for medical school?
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Where did he play before Major Leagues
He played college baseball for Manhattan College