Lolita Lebron: Part One

On March 1, 1954, four Puerto Rican Nationalists opened fire on the house of Representatives chamber at the US Capitol. They were led by Lolita Lebron, a woman who some see as a hero and others as a terrorist.Cristina tells Carmen about Lolita Lebron, leading up to the March 1st attack. If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/Want ad free episodes? And the ocassioal bonus episode? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcastFollow on social media:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknownMusic Credit: Hustlin (Instrumental) by NeffexSourceshttps://www.paseomedia.org/episodes/12https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita_Lebr%C3%B3nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Ricans_in_New_York_Cityhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Acthttps://web.archive.org/web/20170506201050/https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-1/ylp-reader.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_United_States_Capitol_shootinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayuya_Uprisinghttps://www.roosevelt.nl/en/from-the-vaults/lolita-lebron-there-is-no-need-now-to-kill-for-freedom/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/us/03lebron.htmlhttps://www.workers.org/2022/03/62656/https://mediaburn.org/video/the-defense-of-lolita-lebron-an-interview-with-conrad-lynn/https://mronline.org/2010/08/07/puerto-rico-remembers-independence-fighter-lolita-lebron/https://www.npr.org/2010/08/03/128959759/remembering-puerto-rican-activist-lolita-lebron