Maria DeCastro Blake

Feb 23, 2022

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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 and more. Photo credit RUCore (Rutgers),

Bibliography

Black Organization of Students Records at Rutgers

“Portrait of Maria DeCastro Blake”, RUCore

B-31 Blake, Maria DeCastro, Newark News Morgue, Newark Public Library