Here is a gallery of some of the most influential Afro-Latinos over the years.
Armstrong is the executive chef of 8oz.
Burger Bar with five restaurants in the U.S. and author ofSmall Bites, Big Nights.
Hes been featured inPeopleandO, the Oprah Magazine, and in the TV showsTop ChefandIron Chef America.
In 1958, Arroyo made her Carnegie Hall debut and won auditions for the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
She went on to perform on stages such as the Vienna State Opera and Milans La Scala.
In 2003, she established the Martina Arroyo Foundation and supports new generations of opera singers.
His life spanned historic moments: from Spanish colonization, slavery and abolition to emancipation and the Spanish-American War.
Barbosa studied medicine in the United States.
He thought it would be the most effective way to free the island from Spanish colonialism.
He died in San Juan in 1921.
His birthday, July 27, is an official holiday in Puerto Rico.
She wrote about the islands colonial past, feminism, social justice and the consequences of slavery.
Her feminist ideas continue to influence contemporary women authors.
Roberto Clemente
The first Latino player to be inducted into the U.S.
Baseball Hall of Fame,Roberto Clementewas born in 1934 in Puerto Rico.
In late 1972, Clemente became the first Latino player to reach 3,000 hits.
He died that year at 38 when his plane crashed while on a humanitarian mission to Nicaragua.
Rosa Clemente
Rosa Clemente was born in the Bronx in 1972.
They became the first African American female political figures to participate in a U.S. presidential election.
She was associate producer ofJudas and the Black Messiah, a 2021 Oscar-winning film.
