Category: Hispanic/Latino Americans

Maria DeCastro Blake

Feb 23, 2022

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Newark Women

in 1910-1929 (Born), Activists and Community Leaders, Education, Museums and Libraries, Hispanic/Latino Americans, Immigrant (born outside the Continental US)

1911-2011 Maria DeCastro Blake (1911-2011) was a dean of admissions at Rutgers and recruited hundreds of Hispanic students. She was key to ASPIRA, the Puerto Rican Congress, the Black & Puerto Rican Coalition…
Hilda Hidalgo

Feb 23, 2022

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Newark Women

in 1910-1929 (Born), Activists and Community Leaders, Hispanic/Latino Americans, Immigrant (born outside the Continental US), LGBT+

1928-2009 Hilda Hidalgo (second from right) was a Newark activist. In Newark, she co-founded Aspira of New Jersey, La Casa de Don Pedro and the Puerto Rican Congress and worked with numerous other…