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Celia Cruz will be 1st Afro Latina to be on a U.S. quarter, here are 3 of her other big achievements worth celebrating

Photo: Ibrahim Arce (Narcy Studios photographer), most likely – Narcy Studios, Montserrat y Empedrado, Havana

She joined a music band and even became bigger than the band

It was Cruz’s intention to become a literature teacher but while in school, she began to sing at Radio García-Serra, one of Cuba’s leading stations, and won first prize in a singing contest in 1947. In 1950, she was invited to audition for the lead singer role with one of Cuba’s biggest music groups Sonora Matancera and got the role. From this point onwards her music career grew bigger. By 1960, Cruz became a Caribbean sensation. Becoming more popular than the band she joined, she did solo gigs and continued to play with the band touring the Caribbean and parts of America and Europe.

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Mildred Europa Taylor

Mildred Europa Taylor is a writer and content creator. She loves writing about health and women's issues in Africa and the African diaspora.

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