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The #PonceMassacre was on #ThisDayInHistory in 1937 in #PuertoRico, when police under a military governor opened fire on a #nationalist demonstration, killing 19 & wounding 200+. The protest was to commemorate the ending of slavery and to demand freedom for a political prisoner.

A. Rivera Mar 22, 2024

On the anniversary of the #PonceMassacre, a look at the event and how literature has viewed it.

>La masacre de Ponce y la literatura. https://claridadpuertorico.com/la-masacre-de-ponce-y-la-literatura/

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La masacre de Ponce y la literatura. - Claridad

En Rojo El 21 de marzo se conmemora el terrible suceso que marcó un antes y un después en la historia de Puerto Rico, la Masacre de Ponce. Quienes se interesan por la historia saben que aquel Domingo de Ramos del 1937, la Policía Insular, militarizada, ejecutó a 19 civiles durante una fallida marcha […]

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A. Rivera Mar 21, 2024

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Want to learn more about the #PonceMassacre? Try reading the book 'War Against All Puerto Ricans' by Nelson A. Denis.

Curious? Here is my #review of the book.

https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2015/09/booknote-war-against-all-puerto-ricans.html

#books #reading #BookReview #BackInTheUSColony #PuertoRico #MastodonPR #MasacreDePonce #YankeeGoHome