Herman Badillo Quotes
It takes a long time to bring about change.
Herman Badillo, U. S. Congressman (Democrat, NY), First Puerto Rican Congressman in the United States, Deputy Mayor of New York City, Bronx Borough President, Speech, New York City, January 9, 2007
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She campaigned alone traveling throughout the South by train. She argued for change regarding civil rights. No First Lady had ever campaigned alone before, including Eleanor Roosevelt.
Herman Badillo was a Puerto Rican politician who served as borough president of The Bronx and United States Representative, and ran for Mayor of New York City. He was the first Puerto Rican elected to these posts, and the first Puerto Rican mayoral candidate in a major city in the continental United States.