CENTRO: 100 Puerto Ricans Oral History Project

Running 2013-2021, the 100 Puerto Rican Oral History project's goal was to interview Puerto Ricans who had made a significant impact in their professional fields and to the Puerto Rican community within the United States. Those interviewed came from Puerto Rican communities throughout the country and were leaders or pioneers in a wide variety of fields, including arts and culture, business, education, economic development, community activism, health and community welfare, military, politics and government, and religion. The interviews capture the life stories of the interviewees from childhood to the present, with a focus on their areas of greatest impact. The project originally aimed to capture oral histories from one hundred significant Puerto Ricans to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the founding of Centro in 2013, but the nominees for the project quickly exceeded the original mandate. Not all those nominated to participate in the project were able to be interviewed.