@projectpulso: Despite the years of discrimination he faced, José Celso Barbosa persevered to become one of the first Black doctors to earn a medical degree in the U.S. and in Puerto Rico. He served as a medical officer in the Spanish-American war, and later, became known as the "father of the Puerto Rican Statehood Movement". Celso Barbosa wanted Puerto Rico to have the same rights he saw in the U.S and advocated for autonomy in the form of statehood for the island. #LatinoHistory #PuertoRican #Boriqua #AfroLatinos #LatinoDoctors