Oral Histories
A sampling of Puerto Rican leaders of New York in the Collection:
Dr. Antonia Pantoja
Founder of Aspira, Puerto Rican Forum, Universidad Boricua
Luis Alvarez
Former Executive Director of Aspira, Director of the Urban Fellows Program and former board member of The Puerto Rican Forum
Manny Diaz
Former board member of The Puerto Rican Forum
Gilberto Gerena Valentin
Former Assemblyman and President of Concilio del Pueblo, a network of community support groups
Luis Nuñez
Former Executive Director of Aspira and Commissioner of The Commission on Civil Rights
Miriam Colon
Actor and founder of Puerto Rican Traveling Theater
Johnny Torres
Former President of La Metro, first Latino merchants cooperative in NYC
Yolanda Sanchez
Executive Director of PRACA
Eddie Gonzalez
Labor Institute of Cornell University
Joseph Monserrat
Former head of The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, New York office
Rosa Escobar
Community activist in the South Bronx, associate of Dr. Evelina Antonetty
A sampling of individuals under consideration to be interviewed:
Marcos Dimas
Co-Founder of El Taller Boricua, first Puerto Rican visual artists cooperative
Marta Moreno Vega
Founder of El Museo del Barrio and The Caribbean Cultural Center
Categories for Oral History Collection Expansion
Business
Radicalization of the Leadership of the 60’s
Emergence of a “Left”
Media
Gay and Lesbian
Health