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Willie Matos: Capitán of the Bridgeport Young Lords - Connecticut History

By Amanda Rivera  Wilfredo “Willie” Matos led a long life as an activist for Puerto Ricans, Latinés, and marginalized people throughout Connecticut in his 84 years of life.  Early Life  He was born on March 30, 1940, in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. He moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1951, when his father, a manual laborer, and his mother, a bilingual typist from Camuy, were looking for better job opportunities. They settled in the South End neighb…
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connecticuthistory.org broke the news in on Friday, January 30, 2026.
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