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Documents for "Puerto Rican History: Biographies":
  • Albizu Campos, Pedro 1891-1965, Puerto Rican political leader. After service in an African-American unit during World War I he developed a lasting enmity for the United States and became the fiery champion of Puerto...
  • Ferré, Luis Alberto 1904-2003, Puerto Rican politician, governor of Puerto Rico (1969-73), b. Ponce. An engineer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S. 1924, M.S. 1925) and millionaire, he ran a family cement...
  • Hernández Colón, Rafael 1936-, governor of Puerto Rico (1973-77, 1985-93). An honors graduate of Johns Hopkins Univ. (1956) and the Univ. of Puerto Rico law school (1959), he practiced law in Ponce, and was elected to...
  • Muñoz Rivera, Luis 1859-1916, Puerto Rican journalist and nationalist. He founded La Democracia, a newspaper later edited by his son Luis Muñoz Marín. A leader in the campaign for independence from Spain, he obtained (1897) a charter, which was never put into effect, that granted some autonomy to Puerto Ricans. Heading the first Puerto Rican...

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