Monday 25 October 2010

PUERTO RICO: NATIONALIST HEROINE FREEDOM FIGHTER LOLITA LEBRON RIP.


Lolita Lebron b:19 November 1919 d: 2 August 2010 Aged 90. Only recieved The Times Obituary today, so late in posting up the below:

    1. Lolita Lebrón - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      Pedro Albizu Campos · Blanca Canales · José Coll y Cuchí · Oscar Collazo · Juan Antonio Corretjer · Lolita Lebrón · Hugo Margenat · Francisco Matos Paoli ...
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita_Lebrón - Cached - Similar
    2. Audio of Lolita Lebron at 1954 attack from Freedom Archives

      Lolita Lebron is a Puerto Rican nationalist who led an attack on the U.S. house of representatives on March 1, 1954 with three other men: Rafael Cancel ...
      www.freedomarchives.org/.../Lolita_Lebron.html -Cached - Similar
    3. Lolita Lebron, jailed for gun attack at U.S. Capitol in 1954, dies ...

      1 Aug 2010 ... Lolita Lebron, a Puerto Rican nationalist known to some as a terrorist and to others as a near-mythic freedom fighter for her violent attack ...
      www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/.../AR2010080103400.html
    4. Videos for Lolita Lebron

      Lolita Lebron mi puerto rico
      5 min - 25 Aug 2009
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      Lolita Lebron1954 Global news reel
      46 sec - 13 Feb 2007
      Uploaded by Puertoricanhistory

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    5. Puerto Rican nationalist Lolita Lebron dies at 90 - Boston.com

      1 Aug 2010 ... Lolita Lebron, a Puerto Rican independence activist who spent 25 years in prison for participating in a gun attack on the US Congress a ...
      www.boston.com/.../puerto_rican_nationalist_lolita_lebron_dies_at_90/
    6. Grim Reader, Aug. 6, 2010: Lolita Lebron, Mitch Miller and Ymke ...

      6 Aug 2010 ... A key word is missing from some of the obits for Lolita Lebron — and a bunch of conservative bloggers are irate about it.
      obit-mag.com/.../grim-reader-aug-6-2010-lolita-lebron-mitch-miller-and-ymke-warren - Cached
    7. Lolita Lebron, Puerto Rico independence leader, dies at 90 ...

      3 Aug 2010 ... Lolita Lebron, a Puerto Rican freedom fighter widely known as the mother of the island's independence movement, died Aug. ...
      www.peoplesworld.org/lolita-lebron-puerto-rico-independence-leader-dies-at-9/ - United States - Cached
    8. Obituary: Lolita Lebron dies at 90; Puerto Rican nationalist was ...

      2 Aug 2010 ... In 1954, Lebron and three others opened fire from a spectators gallery onto the crowded floor of the House, firing nearly 30 shots.
      www.latimes.com/.../la-me-lolita-lebron-20100802,0,2344471.story - Cached
    9. Post Mortem - Newsreel: Lolita Lebron, Puerto Rican Nationalist

      2 Aug 2010 ... Lolita Lebron, the Puerto Rican nationalist who spent a quarter-century in prison after leading a gun attack on the US Capitol in 1954 to ...
      voices.washingtonpost.com/postmortem/.../newsreel-lolita-lebron-puerto.html
    10. Remembering Puerto Rican Activist Lolita Lebron : NPR

      3 Aug 2010 ... Lolita Lebron, the Puerto Rican independence activist who led three others to attack the US House of Representatives with pistols in 1954, ...
      www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128959759


  1. Lolita Lebron: a true patriot, a true sheroe, a true Puerto Rican ...

    2 Aug 2010 ... I only met Lolita Lebrón briefly once after she was released from jail; but what struck me about her was the inner peace she exuded. ...
    www.culturekitchen.com/.../lolita_lebron_a_true_patriot_a_true_sheroe_a_true_puerto_rican - Cached
  2. Lolita Lebron: A Life for Puerto Rico's Liberation « Kasama

    2 Aug 2010 ... Now the news has arrived that Lolita Lebronhas died at 90 — after a lifetime of resistance and armed struggle against the U.S. domination ...
    kasamaproject.org/.../the-passing-of-lolita-lebron-everything-for-the-liberation-of-puerto-rico/ - Cached
  3. portland imc - 2010.08.02 - RIP LOLITA LEBRON~1920-2010

    2 Aug 2010 ... RIP LOLITA LEBRON~1920-2010. The struggle for Puerto Rican independance lost one of it's true warriors today. Great sadness. ...
    portland.indymedia.org/en/2010/08/401500.shtml - Cached
  4. Lolita Lebron

    Title: Lolita Lebron. Creator/Contributor: Artist Unknown, Artist. Date: n.d.. Contributing Institution: California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, ...
    content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb596nb5qk/ - Cached
  5. Lolita Lebron: 'I am a Revolutionary'

    Lolita Lebron, Puerto Rican nationalist leader and revered icon of independence, died on August 1 at age 90. She suffered from a cardiopulmonary condition. ...
    www.whoisalbizu.com/?p=513 - Cached
  6. Lolita Lebron - TIME

    16 Aug 2010 ... Call her a hero or call her a terrorist. But as the leader of a Puerto Rican nationalist group that stormed the US Capitol in 1954--shooting ...
    www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2008889,00.html
  7. United States Capitol shooting incident (1954) - Wikipedia, the ...

    The attackers, Lolita Lebrón, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Andres Figueroa Cordero, and Irving Flores Rodríguez, unfurled a Puerto Rican flag and began shooting ...
    en.wikipedia.org/.../United_States_Capitol_shooting_incident_(1954)- Cached - Similar
  8. Read Red: Lolita Lebron presente! Que viva Puerto Rico libre!

    1 Aug 2010 ... In 1954, when the independence struggle was at a high point, Lolita Lebron led a group of Puerto Rican independentistas in an armed attack ...
    readwritered.blogspot.com/.../lolita-lebron-presente-que-viva-puerto.html - Cached
  9. Immortal, Revolutionary to the End: Lolita Lebron

    There's something timeless about Lolita Lebron's expression in a 1954 photo after she and 2 others shot up the U.S. House of Representatives. ...
    www.mylatinovoice.com/.../2052-immortal-revolutionary-to-the-end-lolita-lebron.html - Cached
  10. Lolita Lebron convokes 100 Women for Puerto Rican Independence ...

    1 Apr 2008 ... In Puerto Rico, we women are fighting for our rights as workers, we are fighting for a healthy environment, for poor and marginalized ...
    boricuahumanrights.org/.../lolita-lebron-convokes-100-women-for-puerto-rican-independence/ - Cached

    The End.