Posted on 02/08/2023 11:05:43 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
The Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz, will make history by becoming the first Afro-Latina on U.S. currency.
Cruz’s portrait will be featured on a new quarter set to be released in 2024, the U.S. Mint announced earlier this month.
Born in Havana in 1925, the “La Vida es un Carnaval” singer was one of the most popular artists of the 20th century and received numerous accolades for her work, including five Grammy awards and a National Medal of Arts.
Cruz is one of five people being honored by the U.S Mint as part of its American Women Quarters Program, which launched in 2022 and will continue until 2025. The other four women honored are Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first woman of color to serve in Congress; Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, a Civil War surgeon and women’s rights activist; Pauli Murray, Civil Rights activist and lawyer; and Zitkala-Ša, a Native American rights and voting activist from the Yankton Sioux Nation.
“All of the women being honored have lived remarkable and multi-faceted lives, and have made a significant impact on our Nation in their own unique way,” said Mint Director Ventris C. Gibson in a statement.
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While there is evidence she sympathized with the Cuban communist party prior to the revolution, she was banned from Cuba by the Castro regime and helped raise money for anti-Castro groups.
That being said, particularly as an American born in Cuba, it is beyond insulting/shocking/heinous/deplorable that this woman is put on American currency.
How about putting The Boys of Pointe Du Hoc, Thomas Edison, or any of the countless creators, warriors and patriots that made this country what it is/was.
My thought is to listen to her music..cause I never heard of her..do I need to learn Spanish first..or, is that a silly question..this is America?
In 1965, Cruz would culminate a vertiginous fifteen years with the Sonora Matancera. Cruz began a solo career and her husband Pedro Knight decided to leave his position at Sonora Matancera to become her representative, arranger and personal director. During this time, Cruz became an American citizen.
"one of the most popular artists of the 20th century"
Who?
Next they’ll have Stalin Lenin and Marx on paper money.
Dismantling America on step at a time now they have control over your kids, money.......................................
Ted Kennedy raps box
Here's the first song of hers that I found on YouTube. 103 million views:
"La Negra Tiene Tumbao" (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imeXSRNRMeg
Lyrics in English:
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/La-negra-tiene-tumbao-black-woman-walks-grace.html
nunca he oído hablar de ella
aunt jemima would be my choice.
“She’s just the greatest female salsa singer of all time, and one of the best salsa singers ever, period.”
Her albums with Tito Puente are very good.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0LeaI4W7Oc_xjZtD3sz8-9YXKiwyO5Kj
Well...that is one way to devalue the United States currency.
Afro-Latina.! Well geez louise, I’ve got to give some serious thought as to what I want to be called, that is, besides dirty names...
“Y'know, one day, Tito Puente will be dead, and you'll say, "Oh, yes, I've been listening to his work for years."
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