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.

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Sources

https://www.paseomedia.org/episodes/12
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita_Lebr%C3%B3n
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Ricans_in_New_York_City
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Act
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_United_States_Capitol_shooting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayuya_Uprising
https://www.roosevelt.nl/en/from-the-vaults/lolita-lebron-there-is-no-need-now-to-kill-for-freedom/
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