Mar 01 2010

Subversive Historian – 03/01/10

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Eric Drooker Dolores ‘Lolita’ Lebron

Back in the day on, March 1st, 1954, Dolores ‘Lolita’ Lebron alongside three other Puerto Rican Nationalists opened fire on the halls of the U.S. Congress. Independence hopes for the island had quickly faded two years prior when Puerto Rico’s governor signed a commonwealth pact with the United States. In response, the former beauty queen and Nationalist Party member took orders to implement dramatic actions in light of the shifting political developments. As members of Congress debated immigration on the floor, the four Puerto Rican Nationalists unfurled an independence flag and began firing. After the attack that wounded five congressmen, Lebron, who had earlier shrieked “Que Viva Puerto Rico Libre,” stated she did not come to kill that day, only to die for her country. A jury in the ensuing court case believed her testimony and acquitted her of assault with the intent to kill believing that she indeed only fired on the ceiling above.

Lebron spent the next 25 years in prison before being released on a pardon by President Jimmy Carter.

For Uprising, this is your truth professa’ saying it’s no mystery why they conceal our people’s history

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