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  [Howard Zinn raw #76: Same event, different perspective, as #74]

  Communities, Howard Zinn, Latinx

  Howard Zinn speaking at Campos High School.

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  [Rally for Andres Cordero upon his release from prison]

  Chicago, Communities, Latinx, NHPRC, Outside Agitators

  This tape features footage of a Puerto Rican Nationalist community meeting in Chicago celebrating the release of Andres Cordero, a Puerto Rican Nationalist who had gone to prison for taking part in an attack on the U.S. House of Representatives in 1954.

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  [Maria Cueto – Andres Jimenez]

  Chicago, Communities, Latinx, NHPRC, Outside Agitators

  This tape features footage of an interview with Maria Cueto, who had recently been released after being imprisoned for ten months for refusing to give information about FALN bombings to a grand jury. The second segment on the tape features a Puerto Rican Nationalist event, and ends with a musical performance by Andres Jimenez.

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  Three Segments of Performances

  Chicago, Communities, Latinx, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Performance

  This tape features layoffs of three performances by activists and musicians Andres Jimenez, Jose de Molina, and Marta Rodriguez. Each segment lasts for about a minute, and was recorded at a Puerto Rican Nationalist event.

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  [Andres Jimenez performance]

  Chicago, Communities, Latinx, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Performance

  This tape features footage from a Puerto Rican Nationalist support dinner. Musician Andres Jimenez performs for the audience.

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  [FALN church rally for four released Puerto Rican Nationalists]

  Chicago, Communities, Latinx, NHPRC, Outside Agitators

  This tape features footage of a National Liberation Armed Forces (FALN) support gathering in September 1979 in Chicago. It took place right after Puerto Rican Nationalists Oscar Collazo, Irving Flores, Rafael Cancel Miranda, and Lolita Lebron were released from jail upon President Jimmy Carter’s commutation of their sentences. Collazo was incarcerated for the attempted assassination of President Harry Truman. Flores, Miranda, and Lebron had been in jail for a 1954 attack on the U.S. House of Representatives. This tape features a church service and meeting honoring the four nationalists. Folksinger and activist Marta Rodriguez also performs.

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  [NYC violence moratorium meeting part 2, and March to United Nations in New York part 1]

  Communities, Latinx, NHPRC, Outside Agitators

  This tape features footage of a demonstration in New York City against police brutality. Activist Emilio Benevides addresses a large crowd about the perils of “police terrorism” in their community, made up primarily of people of Puerto Rican descent. This is followed by numerous street interviews with supporters, including an interview with Benevides. Benevides had ties to the National Liberation Armed Forces (FALN).

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  [Rally for Puerto Rican Nationalists]

  CLIR, Guerrilla TV, Latinx, Roots of Video

  A conference and rally in Chicago for the Puerto Rican Nationalists