North America-Dominican Republic

Arthur O. Eve (1933- )
Arthur O. Eve was the longest serving member of the New York State Assembly, serving from 1967 until his retirement...
May 16th, 2021

Yolanda Guzmán (1943-1965)
Yolanda Guzmán was a young Afro Latina activist in the Dominican Republic who was killed in 1965 at the time...
March 30th, 2021

Florinda Soriano Muñoz (Mamá Tingó) (1921-1974)Â
Florinda Soriano Muñoz, also known as Mamá Tingó, was an Afro-Latina female activist for farmers’ rights within the Dominican Republic...
December 25th, 2020

Clara Ledesma (1924-1999)
Clara Ledesma was one of the leading Dominican artists during the post-World War II era. Born in Santiago De Los...
November 16th, 2020

Pittsburgh Crawfords (1931-1947)
The Pittsburgh Crawfords were a professional Negro League baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh was the only city in...
November 15th, 2020

Reynaldo Cuevas (1992-2012)
Twenty-year-old Reynaldo Cuevas’s life was cut short by an NYPD officer as he fled an armed robbery in his place of business....
October 16th, 2017

Esteban Hotesse (1919-1945)
Esteban Hotesse was the only Dominican-born member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, as well as one of the few people...
June 12th, 2017

Todd D. Robinson (1963- )
Todd D. Robinson is a career U.S. Foreign Service Officer, currently serving as U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala. Robinson, a Minister...
June 15th, 2015

Clyde Bishop (1942- )
Clyde Bishop is a diplomat and public policy educator who served as a United States Ambassador to the Marshall Islands....
June 12th, 2015