Association for the Defense of Puerto Rico Stages Parade and Demonstration
- Title of event
- Association for the Defense of Puerto Rico Stages Parade and Demonstration
- Type of event
- Parade
- Address of event
- Association for the Defense of Puerto Rico Stages Parade and Demonstration Happened Primarily at W 113th St & 5th Ave
- Association for the Defense of Puerto Rico Stages Parade and Demonstration Happened Secondarily at W 110th St & Lexington Ave
- Report on event
- Association for the Defense of Puerto Rico Stages Parade and Demonstration Sole event referenced by Puerto Ricans Parade Thru Harlem Asking Self-Rule
- Start date / time
- September 14, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Day (Afternoon)
- Description
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"Under the auspices of the Association for the Defense of Puerto Rico, some 2,000 Puerto Ricans staged a parade and demonstration demanding self-rule for the island of Puerto Rico through lower Harlem Saturday afternoon. The procession, led by Gregorio Cattion, grand marshall, started at 113th Street and Fifth Avenue and wound through the streets to Lexington Avenue and 110th Street, where the assemblage heard several speakers criticize bankers and their methods."