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Carlos Manuel Rosario

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Biography
Family
Activism
Career
Death
Recognition
See also
References
External links

{{BLP sources|date=February 2017}}Carlos Manuel Rosario, (1922 – February 1, 1987) was a Puerto Rican activist who served as the executive director of the Spanish Community Advisory Committee. He was a founder of the Latino Festival in Washington, DC and founded the Program of English Instruction for Latin Americans (PEILA).^[1]

Biography

Carlos Manuel Rosario was born in Ciales, Puerto Rico, and many in his family were teachers. He attended the University of Puerto Rico. During World War II, he served in the United States Army touring in North Africa, France, and Germany.^[1]

After WWII Rosario returned to Puerto Rico where he worked as an X-Ray technician. In the 1950s he moved to Montana and joined the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. He was later transferred to Washington, D.C. where he worked as an X-Ray technician until 1957. Then he worked at the National Tuberculosis Association until 1967 and for the Washington D.C. Health Department from 1967 to 1969.

In 1970, Mayor Walter E. Washington hired Rosario to head the newly formed Spanish Community Advisory Committee which was later named the Office of Latino Affairs. In 1980 he served as the Assistant Director of the D.C. Office on Aging, until he retired in 1984.

Family

Carlos Rosario married Carmin Maria Rosario of Washington and had three sons: Carlos M. Rosario Jr., Jose Rosario, and Reinaldo Rosario; and two daughters, Leticia Rosario and Vilma Tirado.

Activism

Carlos Rosario created various programs that allow Hispanic Americans and Hispanic immigrants to integrate into American society,^[1] such as:

Spanish Community Advisory Committee that established the Office of Latino Affairs of the District of Columbia
The District of Columbia Public Schools’ Bilingual Education Program
Funding for Manpower Programs
Latino Festival in Washington, DC
The Educational Organization for United Latin Americans (EOFULA)
The Upper Cardozo Health Clinic
Committee for the Aid and Development of Americans in the Nation's Capital (CADOLANCA)^[2]^[3]
Carlos Rosario helped establish the bilingual program in the D.C. public schools in 1968 and the Program of English Instruction for Latin Americans (PEILA) at the Gordon Adult Education Center in 1969 that was later renamed the Carlos Rosario Center.

Carlos Rosario stated that people referred to him as "The Godfather" because he was the builder of the Latino community in Washington D.C.^[3]

Career

{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|WWII}} |event= US Army touring in North Africa, France, and Germany}}

{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|Post WWII}} |end_date={{End date|1950s}} |event= X-Ray Technician in Puerto Rico}}

{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1950s}} |end_date={{End date|1957}} |event= Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in Montana. Later transferred to Washington, DC where he worked as an X-Ray Technician.}}

{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1957}} |end_date={{End date|1967}} |event= National Tuberculosis Association}}

{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1967}} |end_date={{End date|1969}} |event= D.C. Health Department}}

{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1970}} |end_date={{End date|1980}} |event= Executive director of the newly formed Spanish Community Advisory Committee (later named the Office of Latino Affairs of the District of Columbia)}}

{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1980}} |end_date={{End date|1984}} |event= Assistant director of the D.C. Office on Aging}}

Death

Carlos Rosario suffered a heart attack on February 1, 1987 while vacationing in Puerto Rico and died in a hospital in Dorado, Puerto Rico at the age of 65.^[3]

Recognition

Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School (former Carlos Rosario Center) was named after him.

References

1. ^{{cite news|last1=Meléndez-Vela|first1=Milagros|title=Alcanza sus sueños de superación gracias a escuela para adultos en DC|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/eltiempolatino/2016/09/29/2e96c4e6-8414-11e6-92c2-14b64f3d453f_story.html|language=Spanish|agency=Washington Post|date=September 30, 2016}}
2. ^Creating a Latino Identity in the Nation's Capital: The Latino Festival (Latino Communities: Emerging Voices - Political, Social, Cultural and Legal Issues) by Olivia Cadaval
3. ^¹²³⁴{{cite news|last1=Whitaker|first1=Joseph D.|title=Hispanic Leader Carlos Rosario Dies|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1987/02/04/hispanic-leader-carlos-rosario-dies/5fc780a3-a77b-4dfb-adc3-62c860c82bbc|agency=Washington Post|date=February 4, 1987}}

External links

Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School webpage

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