Celia Cruz makes history as 1st Afro-Latina to be on US quarter

[@anniekarinarichardson5638]

She left a legacy for all the Latinos around the world. She was the Queen. She is the only charismatic and fashion icon with all those wigs....Azucar forever!!!!

[@lady_of_the_funk]

Black Americans love her too. She was a beautiful person and is certainly celebrated amongst Black Americans too. However, I respect that Celia Cruz is a critical figure for Hispanic women of color and are happy that she is a beacon for Hispanic women of color. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ociphress]

@@lady_of_the_funk she's not America isy point.

[@spiritualcosmeticss]

As a kid I enjoyed her on Sesame Street! She was an icon!

[@My2CentsYall]

i remember that too.

[@asiasdavis]

If it wasnt for my tio exposing me to her music, I wouldn't have known of Celia I remember watching her on sesame street When I was a kid. Shes is my idol love her < 3

[@ItCantRainAllTheTime_90]

Yessss👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 I love me some Celia Cruz baby. Her story was very inspiring to me; and she was an incredible talent and a beautiful woman. She is so deserving of this 🥳🥳🥳

[@kaseyb.4440]

Incredible and Well Deserved!!! Beautiful Legend!! I grew up listening to and loving her!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@SonyaHudson]

Wow!!! I loved her!!! This is awesome!!!

[@milliebean6687]

She was awesome and will always be awesome NO HATERS 😡

[@teresaguerrero531]

Hay Dios Mio!!!!🎉🎉🎉 Si musica me ayudo tanto en mi vida. Tuve una vida tan dificil y su musica me Daba la energia a seguir. I have my 3 kids in college and I’m a single mom. Celia se merece eso y mas !!🎉🎉🎉

[@dexbarker]

A true inspiration and hero for all Latinos

[@kathyrodrigueztorres6064]

Increible!!!!!!

[@SDSFG45]

when I heard she died...I cried. I am a very longtime fan her music. Im in my 50s. And when I was a very little boy, I would rummage thru my stepfather's record collection. He loved Jazz and classical music. That was MOST of his collection. But on the far end of the collection that wrapped around a section of his basement floor, were albums from Tito Puente, Johnny Pacheco, Willie Colon, Machito, Hector Lavoe, Roberto Faz..and Celia Cruz. I fell in love with her voice, style and energy. She was better than the freakin' guys!. I saw an interview, recently, of the late music icon, Johnny Pacheco being interviewed for a documentary about her. And I will never forget what he said, when he was asked about her legacy. He said "thats for the fans around the World to determine. But make no mistake, if it wasnt for her and a handful of others, most of us who make a living singing latin music, wouldn't have careers. We would be waiting on tables and playing music in a hole in a wall club somewhere...Celia brought salsa to mainstream. She is soley responsible for popularizing it, to where it is right now. When I went to her home to pay my respects to her, on her deathbed, Isidro sent someone to invite me to her room, a little before they decided to turn off her breathing apparatus...and I couldnt do it. I just refused to go in that room...because I wasnt prepared to never see her again".

[@RDCFemmes]

Even me a women who was born and bred in a Central African country have heard of her!

[@theoutsiderartists1231]

I am a old white guy from the sticks of Arkansas that loves Celia Cruz and many other Latin American musicians such as Antonio Carlos Jobim to Abraham Perez. Willie Nelson's hero was Django Reinhardt, he carried a gun, LOL❤

[@StarJada]

Amazing🎉!! I'm so excited that's groundbreaking.

[@DeckEd376]

I love you Celia!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💐🌹😭

[@gwendolynbarnespaige2719]

I saw Celia Cruz rise from the audience as Tito Puente let her presence be known at the Henry Street Settlement Theatre, June of 1968 or possibly June 1971. I stood in the door way and watched this beautiful Black woman perform on stage with Tito Puente. I recently found out she was a teacher in Cuba, before pursuing a musical career which eventually landed her and other musicians in the United States. Celia Cruz is a legend. As a Jr. high student, I admired her and was inspired by her as well. Her talent was superior here in the US.

[@roxannevlogs7329]

Congratulations 🎊

[@julvwildcat190]

This is awesome.

[@CruzRosa-kk1nl]

I'm one of her loyal admirers since I was a kid. Throughout the years I have collected a vast array of vintage photos of Celia from her artistic days in Cuba from the 40's and 50's and I've also obtained 2 Celia dolls in which one is a limited edition porcelain doll and the other is a recent doll created by the Barbie/Mattel company.

[@V.E.R.O.]

Azucar! Well deserved!

[@NellieKAdaba]

Yes! Si!

[@JR-mi8ry]

🎉 awesome

[@SunnyIlha]

W O W !!!!!!!

[@robertmouttet-us4ph]

Very happy a great example

[@SunnyIlha]

She's on a U.S. coin!!

[@laurabustinza9526]

I want one or more for collection

[@ecto1996]

I was lucky enough to see her twice in concert.

[@joseangeldavilacordova1097]

Azúcar!!!!

[@kjdnyhmghfvb]

*¡Azúcar!*

[@adrina911]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@newsstuff82]

💖💖💖💖💖💖💖!!!!!!!

[@fatimamadlum3723]

Celia La Reina de Cuba 🇨🇺

[@reoscorpio]

Now that's a big Wow.!!! Celia wasn't cruising.. She was the blessed BIG VOICED truth.. i know her and Tito are up there rockin' the clouds

[@chiantibliss5846]

I want a Betty Wright quarter!!!

[@marvin469]

FACTS, Betty /Millie Jackson/Sam Cooke /bobby Womack

[@daddygrace253]

I don't; her music was ghetto.

[@marvin469]

@@daddygrace253 u sound insane. It was better than this lady's music by far.

[@centaviodehernandez]

@@marvin469Betty Wright music is good but Not Better Than Celia Cruz in my opinion and you have your opinion but Millions would say Celia Cruz music is better

[@lydiadoumon6781]

My idol I want to become ✌🏿✌🏿✌🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@steveyj3002]

😮 🙏🏾

[@blakeposter7496]

I love Celias music but putting her on money before Tubman, Douglass , MLK, seems premature

[@jeremifrancisco1]

I want that quarter, lol. Congrats to her legacy and her beloved Cuba. ¡Hispanos / Latinos Arriba! #MiGenteLatino ✊🏆

[@cynthiahenry5585]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@charlita25]

ESO 💃🏽🇨🇺🪘🪇

[@Truillo_RD]

🎉

[@noreenperez8666]

Azuca.

[@sjones5560]

I understand the afro latina stuff but when did we start dissecting that she Latina stop confusion thats it, I mean is just to make sure all bases covered

[@gwendolynbarnespaige2719]

Azucar!

[@DaVinciCosmeticsUSA]

And why does this country select Celia Cruz for her to be american coin when she never ever service the goverment . For example Jose Antonio Romulo Pacheco Jr should be in the coin , for being the first Latino to be governor in CA, first latino to represent a state in the US Congress , CA State Treasurer , CA State Senator, and three terms in the U S House of Representatives , he acomplish more than Celia Cruz. Someone to be in the national coin should be someone that establish in the goverment not for the color skin. American keep pushing the Mexian American out history and your other latino take the credit.

[@sheilahendrix5935]

Peace 💛and❤️ Blessings💜 Too💙 My💛 Brothers❤️ May💜 God💙 Bless💛 Everyone❤️ Always💙 May❤️ God💚 Bless ❤️Everyone 💦Richly ❤️with💜 everything💙 they💚 need ❤️Always💜 Much💦 Love❤️ Blessings❤️ Always ☺️ 🎇 🌈 🌐 ❤️💛❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💜💜💜✌️💯💛💛❤️

[@ociphress]

...but she's not American...I'm confused. Do other countries put noncitizens on their money? Aren't there American Afro Latinas too. I don't mean to offend...I'm just saying. In that case wouldn't Michael Jackson be on a quarter?

[@TrulyJuju123]

He could eventually be on one too. You gotta remember how long her legacy is ( since the 1940's) and her impact in Latino culture in the U.S. Eventually he'll get his dues for his impact on American music and Black American music.

[@guayabito6946]

Well *THANK GOD* Celia Cruz was Afro-Latina, because of she would have been white Latina, she wouldn't even have been considered no matter how good she was.

[@Regalman]

she's not American this is silly

[@bull419]

Afro Latina ? How about the first Latin person period.

[@somaliagainstpanafricanism4865]

Put her on Cuban currency not 🇺🇸 She said herself she never experienced racism and she came at the height of civil rights.

[@Dominican1923]

Who cares

[@somaliagainstpanafricanism4865]

@@Dominican1923 no Cuban needs to be on 🇺🇸 currency 😂

[@somaliagainstpanafricanism4865]

For what?

[@Ana20arA]

Has their been other Latinas on quarters? So why specify and race bait all the time. We know our Celia Cruz is black we have eyes

[@etravi5058]

You must be a racist, because you are excluding her as a latina because she is black. If she was a latina, why does it matter to you that she was black?

[@incoco2]

Well Put

[@etravi5058]

@incoco2 there is much racism in the hispanic community. The white Hispanics generally don't see black or Afro Latin people as hispanic. Celia Cruz is more hispanic than them, because she actually comes from the African slaves that Cuba slave traders imported.

[@incoco2]

@@etravi5058 Truth be Told ,many are mixed with African

[@etravi5058]

@incoco2 But many are white. Hispanic is not a race. They just speak Spanish and are apart of the Latin culture. But what is a race are BLACK and WHITE. We are two distinct groups of people. If you aren't black you are either mixed or white.

[@marvin469]

I'm not familiar with this person

[@lamarjohnson4023]

Not the first wig wearer on a U.S.A. money.

[@moniquewrites9046]

No that was George Washington

[@michaelmaps2004]

​@@moniquewrites9046 😂😂😂 you killed me. That's a good one

[@0ChildStar]

Mic drop. 😂

[@daddygrace253]

@@0ChildStar 😀 😃 😄 😁 😆 😅 😂 🤣

[@lamarjohnson4023]

Which of her wigs will they have her to wear ?It will be a person on a coin wearing a wig.

[@Dominican1923]

All of them

[@TrulyJuju123]

All of the presidents had powdered wigs except Lincoln

[@ariespaillat]

❤❤❤

[@lavettacannon3138]

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