Sentence examples for rican of from inspiring English sources

Here am I, a Puerto Rican of French, Spanish, and Italian descent — this is as much my culture as somebody who was born in Florence.

That same year a handful of American Jews established the island's first synagogue in the former residence of William Korber, a wealthy Puerto Rican of German descent, which was designed and built by Czech architect Antonin Nechodoma.

He threw himself into community work among the Puerto Ricans of Chicago.

"He's done virtually nothing for East Harlem, and probably less for the Puerto Ricans of East Harlem," said Yolanda Sanchez, 80, an East Harlem activist.

Puerto Ricans of African descent were assigned to all-black units.

The Bronx has one of the largest populations of Puerto Ricans of any county in the US.

In December 1954, 162 Puerto Ricans of the 65th Infantry were arrested, 95 were court martialed, and 91 were found guilty and sentenced to prison terms ranging from 1 to 18 years of hard labor.

A pair of Puerto Rican members of Congress, Jose Serrano and Nydia Velasquez, issued statements condemning the show and demanding a network apology.

He then inadvertently ruins the chances of his El Rican hosts of bidding for the World Cup.

A metal ring was placed on the abdomen and then filled with treated water containing infectious cercariae of a Puerto Rican strain of S. mansoni.

In the 1980's, gentrification threatened to push Puerto Ricans out of Humboldt Park.