Grade Range: 5-12Resource Type(s): Reference MaterialsDate Posted: 7/20/2012
In this post, students will learn about Celia Cruz's life, music, and impact on Caribbean and Latino immigrants in America. In a career that spanned six decades and took her from Cuba to the United States, Cruz became known around the world for her piercing and powerful voice and larger-than-life personality and stage costumes. Written by Melinda Machado, Director of the Office of Public Affairs, this post is published on the Museum's "O Say Can You See?" blog.
This is a Bata Cubana, or Cuban Rumba dress, donated to the Smithsonian by Celia Cruz, the great ...
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