Alicia Rodríguez (FALN)
Puerto Rican activist
Alicia Rodríguez (born 1953, Chicago) is a Puerto Rican member of the FALN who received a sentence of 55 years for seditious conspiracy and other charges. She was sentenced on February 18, 1981, and incarcerated in a U.S. federal prison. However, she was released early from prison, after President Bill Clinton extended a clemency offer to her on September 7, 1999.
Early years and personal life
Rodríguez was born in Chicago in 1953, the first in her family to be born in the United States. She recalled beginning school not knowing English and teachers not knowing how to work with children who did not speak English. A teacher sat her in the back of the classroom and paid little attention to her or her learning needs.
In high school, Alicia became senior class president. Alicia ditched class to attend her older sister's college classes. This is where she began to take an interest in political science classes that discussed the wars in Algeria and Vietnam.
Her first trip to Puerto Rico, which came only after graduating from high school, was a turning point in her life.
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