Afro-Latino Politicians
She has reflected on colonialism and liberty throughout her whole life,
Who is Vicki Ruíz?
One of the first Puerto Ricans and persons of African descent to receive a medical degree in the US.
Who is José Celso Barbosa?
Used to play for the Knicks before moving to the trail blazers team.
Who is Carmelo Anthony?
After the 1960s, many Latin Americans turned to this type of painting to show expressionistic quality or express the troubles of comtemporary life.
What is a figure painting?
This war took place 1936-1939.
What is the Spanish Civil War?
He entered the seminary, became a deacon and then a priest, and finally took a philosophy professorship.
Who is Varela?
One of the first Black women to host a nationwide televised public affairs program in the United States, she paved the way for other journalists of color.
Who was Gwen Ifill?
Often known by his initials MJ, he is a former American basketball player who played 15 seasons in the NBA winning 6 championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Who is Michael Jordan?
This is a type of art that drew many peoples attention in the 1960s. Many Puerto Rican artists refer to it as pop culture and a way to freely express emotions.
What is graffitti?
These people fought under the kings order to conquer Spain.
Who are Nationalists?
She did territorial expansion, with American politics, and Latin American relations.
Who is María Amparo Ruíz de Burton?
She was extraordinary in popularizing salsa music across the world.
Who is Celia Cruz?
A Puerto Rican Cuban writer and poet whos memoir Down These Mean Streets became a best seller.
Who is Piri Thomas?
This is a shape used in almost every colonial style plaza.
What is a rectangle?
With both sides agreeing to end the Spanish American War, they made it official by signing this document.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This persons involvement in anti-colonial, exile politics, and in his Masonic community, put him in touch not only with those developments, but also with other working-class Latino New Yorkers
Who is Schomburg's?
He began his career in entertainment at the age of three, learning to dance from his Afro-Cuban mother. Originally part of a vaudeville act with his father.
who is Sammy Davis Jr.?
This late television news anchor was one of the first Black women to host a national televised public affairs program in the U.S.
Who was Gwen Ifill?
This pyramid is the third largest pyramid in the world at 75 meters in height.
What is the Pyramid of the Sun?
After Spain lost the war to America, they joined this union to reform their economy.
What was the European Union?
She found work as a journalist, published a volume of poetry, and mingled with artists in that capital city.
Who is Luisa Moreno?
He has been heralded as the first Latin American superstar in Major League Baseball. Battling racial and language barriers, he found his way on the Pittsburgh Pirates, where he won four National League batting titles.
Who is Roberto Clemente?
She expressed themes of feminism and social equality through her poetry and journalism. Ay, Ay, Ay de la Grifa Negra was the poem that she wrote to celebrate her blackness.
Who is Julia Constanza Burgos García?
This particular design was used to bring a comtemporary and edgy look to a furniture store in Brazil. It is known as panal in Spanish.
What is honeycomb?
He was the leader of the nationalists during the Spanish Civil War.
Who was Fransisco Franco?