Pedro Albizu Campos

Pedro Albizu Campos

male, deceased (1965)
Member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, American military, nationalist, World War I, University of Vermont alumni, From Ponce, Puerto Rico…Puerto Rican, PuertoRicanindependence, Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
Pedro Albizu Campos born in Tenerías Village in Ponce, Puerto Rico was the son of Alejandro Albizu and Juana Campos. He was also the nephew of J...

Filiberto Ojeda Ríos

male, deceased (2005)
Death and FBI Operation, death by firearm in Puerto Rico, Boricua Popular Army, Wells Fargo, paramilitary, PuertoRicanindependence…Puerto Rico Justice Department, Puerto Rican
Filiberto Ojeda Ríos was the "commander in chief" ("Responsable General") of the Boricua Popular Army ("Ejército Popular Boricua - Los Ma...

Lolita Lebrón

female, 90 years old
nationalist, Failed assassin, Member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, Puerto Rican, Recipient of American presidential pardons, criminal…PuertoRicanindependence
Lolita Lebrón is an active advocate for Puerto Rican independence. She was a leader of a group of nationalists who attacked the United States H...
Juan Mari Brás

Juan Mari Brás

male, 84 years old
Puerto Rican independence movement, nationalist, PuertoRicanindependence, politician, American University alumni, From Mayaguez, Puerto Rico…Puerto Rican Socialist Party, Puerto Rican
Juan Mari Brás is an advocate for Puerto Rican independence from the United States who founded the Puerto Rican Socialist Party (PSP).
Yuri Kochiyama

Yuri Kochiyama

female, 87 years old
Harlem, Harlem Parents Committee, PuertoRicanindependence, Japanese-American interned, Japanese-American, Civil Rights
Yuri Kochiyama (born May 19, 1922) is a US Japanese-American civil rights activist. Kochiyama was born Mary Nakahara in San Pedro, California....
Luis Llorens Torres

Luis Llorens Torres

male, deceased (1944)
nationalist, University of Barcelona, poet, Playwright, journalist, ponce…Puerto Rican, PuertoRicanindependence, independence of Puerto Rico
Luis Llorens Torres (May 14, 1876 - June 16, 1944) born in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, was a poet, journalist, playwright, and politician. He was also...

Gilberto Concepción de Gracia

male, deceased (1968)
nationalist, author, journalist, lawyer, Senator of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican…PuertoRicanindependence, independence activist, Member of the Puerto Rican Independence Party
Dr. Gilberto Concepcion de Gracia (July 9, 1909 - March 16, 1968), born in the town of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, was a lawyer, journalist, author,...

Luis Gutiérrez

male, 55 years old
Northeastern Illinois University alumni, Puerto Rican Independence Party, pip, Puerto Rican, Chicago Board of Aldermen, Roman Catholic…PuertoRicanindependence, Puerto Rican-American
Luís Vicente Gutiérrez, American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing (m...

Willie Colón

male, 59 years old
Latin jazz composer, Afro-Cuban jazz composer, Afro-Cuban jazz trombonist, Latin jazz trombonist, Latin jazz singer, Afro-Cuban jazz singer…PuertoRicanindependence, Puerto Rican
William Anthony Colón is a Puerto Rican salsa music icon. First and foremost a trombonist, Colón also sings, writes, produces and acts. He is al...