Interested in learning more about Puerto Rico–
its history, music, food, art, literature?
How about the Puerto Rican Diaspora?
We’re working on a collection of web links so you can do just that!
Feel free to comment and add your favorites!
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Puerto Rican History
Comprehensive (Longer) Timeline of Puerto Rican History
Interactive (Shorter) Timeline of Puerto Rican History
Hunter College’s Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños
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News From Puerto Rico
El Nuevo Dia(en Español)
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Puerto Rican Culture: General
“Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña”
Hunter College’s Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños
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Puerto Rican Culture: Music
“In Praise of New York Bomba” by Raquel Z. Rivera (Article)
Exploring the Origins of Salsa
Reggaetonica:
Raquel Z. Rivera’s Blog on Reggaeton, academia-style
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Puerto Rican Culture: Film
“The Borinqueneers”
Award-winning documentary on the all-Puerto-Rican 65th Infantry Regiment, a segregated unit created in 1899 that went on to serve in WWI, WWII, and the Korean War.
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Puerto Rican Culture: Visual Art
la galería:
a gallery of puerto rican artists
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Puerto Rican Culture: Food
Puerto Rican Recipes:
From Desayuno to Frituras to Postres!
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The Puerto Rican Diaspora
http://www.us-puertoricans.org/“A multimedia community dedicated to the Puerto Rican Diaspora -
a place for discussion and learning, for stimulating imagination, and promoting solidarity.”
Hunter College’s Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños
“The Centro is a research center dedicated to the study and interpretation of the Puerto Rican experience
in the United States. We are committed to making this research available and useful to those in community organizations, public policy, academia and the public at large.”
Puerto Rico and the American Dream
“Puerto Rico and the American Dream is the award-winning website on the history, culture, and politics of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican diaspora. Founded seven years ago by Judith Escalona and Stephanie Owens, this multimedia site continues to bring unique, original content online in Spanish and English. A film section, an online gallery, discussion boards, historical timelines and oral histories are featured along with announcements and current events postings.”
Puerto Rican Diaspora Reading List
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Notable Puerto Ricans
Oral Histories of Puerto Ricans
Here, you can find oral histories from sons, daughters, and grandchildren of Puerto Ricans from all over the island–stories of ordinary people, their struggles, migrations, new lives on the mainland. Some English, some Spanish.
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Shop
http://www.elcolmadito.com/For Puerto Rican food, art, music, flags, coffee
Hacienda San Pedro
Gourmet coffee straight from the mountains of Jayuya, Puerto Rico.
