Lolita Lebron: Part Two

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, picking up from the attack on March 1st, to her time in prison and her continued activism once she was back in Puerto Rico.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