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Pedro Albizu Campos
Puerto Rican politician and independence advocate
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Albizu and the second or maternal family name is Campos.
Pedro Albizu Campos (June 29, 1893[2] – April 21, 1965) was a Puerto Rican attorney and politician, and a leading figure in the Puerto Rican independence movement.
VIDA Y HACIENDA: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS is the first biography of the renowned revolutionary leader from Puerto Rico to be written.
He was the president and spokesperson of the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico from 1930 until his death. He led the nationalist revolts of October 1950 against the United States government in Puerto Rico. Albizu Campos spent a total of twenty-six years in prison at various times for his Puerto Rican independence activities.
Campos graduated from Harvard Law School in 1921 with the highest grade point average in his law class, an achievement that earned him the right to give the valedictorian speech at his graduation ceremony. However, animus towards his African heritage led to his professors delaying two of his