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  Pedro Albizu Campos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pedro Albizu Campos (June 29, 1893 – April 21, 1965) born in Tenerías Village in Ponce, Puerto Rico was the son of Alejandro Albizu and Juana Campos.
Albizu was the leader and president of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and avid advocate of Puerto Rican independence from the United States by what ever means necessary.
Albizu was trained by the French Military mission and served under General Frank McIntyre where he was assigned to an African-American unit and was discharged as a First Lieutenant.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pedro_Albizu_Campos   (1303 words)

  
 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
Pedro Albizu Campos (September 12, 1891 - April 21, 1965) born in Tenerias Village in Ponce, Puerto Rico was the son of Alejandro Albizu and Juana Campos.
Albizu was the leader and president of the "Partido Nacionalista Puertorriqueño" (Puerto Rican Nationalist Party) and avid advocate of Puerto Rican independence from the United States through armed means.
Pedro Albizu Campos would be jailed again after the revolt of 1950 when a group of Puerto Rican nationalists staged a revolt which included an attack on La Fortaleza (the Puerto Rican governor's mansion) and Blair House where president Harry S. Truman was staying while the White House was being renovated.
www.irelandinformationguide.com /Pedro_Albizu_Campos   (1139 words)

  
 Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos
Pedro Albizu Campos, was in born on September 1891 (others say 1893), in Ponce, Puerto Rico, son of Alejandro Albizu and Juana Campos.
Albizu Campos was the most prominent of all Puerto Rican leaders who struggled for the independence of Puerto Rico.
Albizu Campos was believed to be one of the unfortunate prisoners to be experimented upon, without consent or warning for this radiation.
albizu.8m.com   (966 words)

  
 Puerto Rican Nationalist Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Betance's remains arrived in San Juan, Puerto Rico on August 5, 1920 and a funeral caravan organized by the Nationalist Party transferred the remains from the capital to the town of Cabo Rojo where he was laid to rest.
By 1930, disagreements between Coll y Cuchi and Albizu Campos as to how the party should be run, led the former and his followers to abandon the party and return to the Union Party.
On May 11, 1930, Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos was elected president of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Puerto_Rican_Nationalist_Party   (1356 words)

  
 Pedro Albizu Campos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Born on September 12, 1891, Albizu represents, in the homeland of the Puerto Ricans, the most valuable symbol of liberty for his dedication to the historical revindication of his country and all Latino nations.
Albizu thought the incorporation of Puerto Rico to the American way of life would destroy the Puerto Rican identity and nationality.
Obviously, Albizu's brilliant erudition could have won him privileged positions and riches beyond his expectations, but the call to serve the need of his nation was stronger.
www.hunter.cuny.edu /blpr/albizu.html   (970 words)

  
 Pedro Albizu Campos - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Pedro Albizu Campos (September 12, 1891 – April 21, 1965) born in Tenerias Village in Ponce, Puerto Rico was the son of Alejandro Albizu and Juana Campos.
San Juan Federal Court ordered the arrest of Pedro Albizu Campos and several other Nationalists for "seditious conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. Government in Puerto Rico." A jury of seven Puerto Rican and five Americans voted 7 to 5 not guilty.
On November, 1964 Pedro Albizu Campos was again pardoned by outgoing governor Luis Muñoz Marín.
voyager.in /Pedro_Albizu_Campos   (1262 words)

  
 Pedro Albizu Campos
Soon, Albizu began to protect his head and body with wet towels because of the intense heat in his body as a result of the radiation.
The only relief received for Albizu was to get some medical assistance, where he was put in a hospital as a prisoner but then released and put back in prison.
Pedro Albizu Campos dedicated his life to serve his people and was rewarded with life in prison and radiation.
balder.prohosting.com /coqui258/pedro.html   (664 words)

  
 PUERTO RICO HERALD: Ambivalence Over Albizu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Albizu Campos’ approach to ending colonialism was nearly the opposite of the pacifistic approach of Mahatma Gandhi.
Though many admire Albizu Campos for his dedication to his cause and the sacrifices he made, few agree with the two central aspects of his fight: independence and acceptance of violence as a means to achieve it.
With Albizu Campos safely relegated to a spot in history, and with many people fuzzy on the exact facts, he can be honored with a parade meant to include all Puerto Ricans.
www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/vol4n13/LOAmbivalence-en.shtml   (760 words)

  
 Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos
Pedro Albizu Campos was the most prominent Puerto Rican political figure of the 20th century, a National Hero who sacrificed his life for the freedom of his country.
Pedro Albizu Campos was instrumental in winning an island wide sugar cane strike and exposing secret medical experiments sponsored by the Rockefeller Institute.
Philosophically Pedro Albizu Campos was neither a communist nor an anti-American.
www.nl.edu /academics/cas/ace/resources/campos.cfm   (1507 words)

  
 Espionaje del FBI contra don Pedro Albizu Campos en Puerto Rico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In recent years Albizu and other members of his Party have caused to be published in the local press numerous articles insulting the United States and its institutions, and endeavoring to incite Puerto Ricans against the United States.
In October, 1955, Albizu Campos broadcast by radio a speech Insulting students of the University of Puerto Rico.
Albizu Campos is undoubtedly planning to use the coming elections in November 1936, as a focal point for his activities.
www.preb.com /FBI/15en1936.htm   (842 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Pedro Albizu Campos (Puerto Rican History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Pedro Albizu Campos[pA´drO AlbE´sOO kAm´pOs] Pronunciation Key, 1891–1965, Puerto Rican political leader.
Charged with inciting to murder, Albizu Campos was again imprisoned.
He was pardoned (1953) because of failing health, but the next year he was implicated in the Nationalist armed attack on the U.S. House of Representatives, and his pardon was revoked.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/AlbizuCa.html   (279 words)

  
 Nacionalistas en NY celebran natalicio de Albizu Campos : CMI-PR
Born in 1891, Albizu Campos did not attend school until the age of 12.
Albizu was offered jobs in the State Department and a range of other potentially important jobs.
Albizu Campos was arrested as charged with attempting to overthrow the government of the United States in Puerto Rico.
indymediapr.org /mail.php?id=267   (1036 words)

  
 Congressman José E. Serrano, NY16 - {title}
Various Puerto Rican leaders have criticized the dedication to Albizu Campos, saying he was a fascist and should not have been honored for his actions.
Pedro Albizu Campos, leader of the Nationalist Puerto Rican Party who was educated at Harvard, supported independence for the island.
He died in San Juan on April 21, 1965 after he was released from a Federal prison where he served a 27-year sentence directly related to his support for the independence of Puerto Rico.
www.house.gov /serrano/pressarchive/pr_000324_albizu.html   (454 words)

  
 Pedro Albizu Campos: Dr. Rhoads’s Confession of Multiple Murders Was no Joke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
This made it easier for the AACR to say that “there was an incredibly racist element to all this”, without going into the criminal aspects of his confession, and then refuse to make public the report on the basis of which it reached its conclusions.
The purpose of that quote seems to be to drive home the idea that the only important part of Rhoads’s letter is the one in which he insults the “locals”.
The Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico – which is the literal name – was not Albizu’s party – at least, not yet – for he had assumed the presidency only in May, 1930 and, contrary to widespread belief, he was not its founder.
www.pedroalbizu.com /html/documentos/lederer.html   (5027 words)

  
 Albizu Campos, Pedro on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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ALBIZU CAMPOS, PEDRO [Albizu Campos, Pedro], 1891-1965, Puerto Rican political leader.
Puerto Rico: Presentan libro sobre valores de Albizu Campos
www.encyclopedia.com /html/A/AlbizuC1a.asp   (280 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Born on the 12 of September, 1891 in Machuelo Abajo, Ponce.
Of this marriage he was to have two daughters, Laura and Rosa Emilia and a son, Pedro.
After the famous incident in which Puerto Rican Nationalists attacked the US Congress, and despite the fact it was never proven his direct relationship in the incident, Albizu was arrested and convicted again.
users.aol.com /np4cc/albizu.htm   (457 words)

  
 Puerto Rico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some political leaders demanded change; some, like Pedro Albizu Campos, would lead a nationalist (The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party) movement in favor of independence.
Upon his election as governor in 1993, Governor Pedro Rosselló overturned the law and re-established English as an official language.
This was seen by many as a move by the pro-statehood governor to move the island closer to statehood, something that never came about under his two consecutive four-year terms.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Puerto_Rico   (5948 words)

  
 Galeria Cemi - Don Pedro Tee-shirt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
It is a digital reproduction of a classic image of Don Pedro Albizu Campos during one of his famous speeches in 1937.
Albizu Campos is a symbol of the as yet unfree but indomitable Latin America.
Years and years of prison, almost unbearable pressures in jail, mental torture, solitude, total isolation from his people and his family, the insolence of the conqueror and its lackeys in the land of his birth--nothing broke his will.
www.galeriacemi.com /don_pedro_tees.htm   (462 words)

  
 Don Pedro Albizu Campos
Don Pedro knew of the Gandhian movement, but chose to follow the example of the Irish patriots in their struggle for freedom.
The pajama-clad, soft-spoken Don Pedro I came to know was quite different from the public figure and fiery orator distinguished by formal attire and a fl bow-tie.
Don Pedro had been released from the hospital and was staying in the home of a friend.
home.earthlink.net /~truebadour/eng-donpedro.html   (1824 words)

  
 Democracy NOW!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Pedro Albizu Campos, popularly known to many as Don Pedro, was the most prominent Puerto Rican of this century.
While in prison, Campos repeatedly charged that he was the subject of human radiation experiments.
This is a speech Don Pedro gave just a month before his arrest.
archive.webactive.com /webactive/pacifica/demnow/dn980421.html   (393 words)

  
 Teens as Community Builders
Originally, members of the community wanted to erect a statue to Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos, the leader of the Puerto Rican independence movement, in Humboldt Park, a major gathering place.
When neighborhood leaders raised funds to cast the statue in bronze, the city rejected it again, on the grounds that Dr. Albizu Campos was too controversial of a figure to be honored by the city in such a way.
(The park site was donated by the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, which also houses the Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Alternative High School.) Throughout the summer of 1998, students and community members designed and built the park and its casita (small house), placing the statue of Dr. Campos at its center.
www.pps.org /tcb/albizu_garden_gallery.htm   (641 words)

  
 El Boricua, a bilingual , cultural publication for Puerto Ricans
Among them was Lieutenant Pedro Albizu Campos, who later became the leader of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and Rafael Hernandez, considered by many as Puerto Rico's greatest composer.
On October 30, 1950 the nationalists, under the leadership of Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos staged uprisings in the towns of Ponce, Mayaguez, Naranjito, Arecibo, Utuado, San Juan and Jayuya.
The top leaders of the nationalist party were arrested, including Albizu Campos and Blanca Canales, and sent to jail to serve long prison terms.
www.elboricua.com /MilitaryHistory.html   (6884 words)

  
 Pedro Albizu Campos Photo Gallery
In memoration of Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos, my hero.
Pedro coming from serving 10 years in prison at Atlanta, GA.
Pedro going to prison for the first 10 years.
balder.prohosting.com /coqui258/photo.html   (100 words)

  
 The Revolution of Counseling
Similar to the suggestion of Freire (2000) that knowledge without action is meaningless, "Che" Guevara (1963) also thought that strategies on the drawing table were meaningless unless put into use in the field.
Don Pedro Albizú Campos, also known as the "Huracán del Caribe," offers very important teaching points that can be useful in working with Latinos.
Don Pedro was an electrifying speaker whose discourse motivated workers and the poor in Puerto Rico to the point of national strikes and social changes in the 1950’s (as cited in Silén, 1976).
www.radpsynet.org /journal/vol4-1/che.html   (3265 words)

  
 Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School
In 1972 Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High School (P.A.C.H.S.) was founded.
The purpose of the school was to teach pride in Puerto Rican History and Culture.
Pedro Albizu Campos High School is a participating member in the following educational programs: Alternative Schools Network of Chicago; The Youth Connection Charter Schools; and Youth Skills Development and Training Program.
www.prcc-chgo.org /pachs.htm   (379 words)

  
 Files on Individuals
The FBI documents on Pedro Albizu Campos have a single case number: HQ-105-11898.
The documents span a total of 29½ years, from January 15, 1936 to July 29, 1965, a few months after the death of Albizu Campos.
For that matter, we have divided the PAC collection in two sub sets: one containing the 31 newly released volumes and another containing the volume with the documents declassified around 1981.
www.pr-secretfiles.net /individuals_info.html?detail=2   (154 words)

  
 Committee for the Defense of Pedro Albizu Campos: Review
Pedro Albizu-Campos, the revolutionary nationalist leader for Puerto Rican independence-- and the radiation experiments which were conducted on him in retaliation for his political practice-- are the subject of a World Wide Web homepage operated by Committee For The Defense of Pedro Albizu-Campos (CODEPAC).
Pedro Albizu-Campos was a revolutionary leader who was convicted by the United Snakes of "seditious conspiracy" in 1936 for his work with the anti- colonial Nationalist Party.
He spent seven years in a Federal prison for this "crime" of fighting for self-determination, and the rest of his life fighting U.S. imperialism and being viciously repressed by the United Snakes government.
www.etext.org /Politics/MIM/codepac.html   (612 words)

  
 The Unsolved Case of Dr. Cornelius P. Rhoads: An Indictment by Pedro Aponte-Vázquez (Book) in
A medical researcher working for the Rockefeller Foundation in 1931 actually got away with multiple murders despite having bragged about them in a hand-written letter that he misplaced.
Attorney and revolutionary leader Pedro Albizu-Campos received the letter from a follower and made it public.
The author asserts that Rhoads was the intellectual author of Albizu's torture and death.
www.lulu.com /content/132231   (262 words)

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