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Caribbean Connections:
Puerto Rico

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• Objectives and Methods
• How to Use These Materials

• MAP EXERCISES
• Find These Countries
• Who Am I?
• PUERTO RICO AT A GLANCE
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF PUERTO RICO
• IMPORTANT DATES IN PUERTO RICAN HISTORY

• A LEAD BOX THAT COULDN'T BE OPENED
• A lead Box that Couldn’t Be Opened
  Una caja de plomo que no se podía  abrir
  José Luis González
• MEMORIES OF PUERTO RICO AND NEW YORK
• Memories
• Remembranzas
  Minerva Torres Ríos
• The Traditions of My People
• La persona humilde de Puerto Rico
  Carmen Clemente
• LA BOMBA AND LA PLENA, MUSIC OF PUERTO RICO
• "La Bomba is an original Puerto Rican  creation..."
  Jorge Arce
• Bumbón and the Beginnings of La Plena
  Juan Flores
• Plena is work, Plena is Song
• Plena, Canto Y Trabajo
  From the film Plena  Is Work, Plena Is Song
• THE CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS OF THE  TABAQUEROS
• The Customs and Traditions of the Tabaqueros and
• What It Was Like to Work in a Cigar Factory in New York City
  Bernardo Vega

• ARTURO ALFONSO SCHOMBURG
• Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, Our Forgotten  Scholar
  Epifanio Castillo Jr. and Valerie Sandoval Mwalilino
• Schomburg and the Harlem Renaissance
  Victoria Ortiz
• OUR MOTHERS' STRUGGLE HAS SHOWN US THE WAY
• Puerto Rican Women in the Garment  Industry
  Rina Benmayor, Ana Juarbe, Kimberly Safford and Blanca Vásquez
• OPERATION BOOTSTRAP'S LEGACY
• Doña Licha's Island
  Alfredo Lopez
• "We can't stand more toxic wastes in the air..."
  Purita Gil Pérez
• VIEQUES AND THE NAVY
• "The history of Vieques and the Navy is a long one..."
  Severino Rivera Morales
• "The whole people of Vieques has suffered..."
  Angel Ventura Cintrón
• Vieques Island Dwellers Take Over Navy Land
  The Navy Replies to Critics
• WHAT FUTURE FOR PUERTO RICO?
• "We need statehood to have full political  power..."
  Baltasar Corrada del Río
• "Commonwealth status represents a  breakthrough..."
  Jaime B. Fuster
• "The Puerto Rican people feel Puerto Rican, not  North American..."
  Wilma Reverón-Tío
• SOURCES OF CLASSROOM MATERIALS

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