she was in something called the ashram -- which was located in spanish harlem. she was there as someone who was involved in the black civil rights movement and the free india movement and she was living in a community that were predominantly puerto rican. she is with other members, both black and white, several rights free india activists, holding signs pro testing british imperialism in india and some puerto rican neighbors said, you know, if you're opposed to imperialism. you don't have to protest it in here so this was some of theony factors that contributed to her transition. but the other factor is that you have a lot of nagsist party members. that's hunt anyway in area of manhattan. and pedro decamp's is released from prison around this time and the nationalist party -- there were a lot of people in prison. radical pass vists to who opposed the draft were imprisoned with puerto rican nationalists who didn't recognize the u.s. government. they were draft evaders for different -- and these mental met in prison and when they were released into harlem. you gre

james farmer and all of these different people who were involved in this harlem ashram. i started oipt not writing about her but her story is so incredible. she -- one of her first jobs was on an indian reservation so she had access to u.s. impeerlism against native merps. she had these different moments that helped her build her opinion. she's not an anomaly. there are many other who she's working with. >> based on all of this, all that wow -- you've hearned. the research, the history of puerto rico, what -- what do you think it's future is going to be? >> i think it's a tough question. know. don't -- i dent there's been rough reluctance by e u.s. federal government to ive up certain powers. and i think perhaps an important thing to realize is that once puerto ricans become u.s. citizens, i really think that was a significant turning point. it's very hard to distangle the situation or -- you know, but i don't know. i am hopeful that there'll be greater awareness and attention puerto rico so the type of, for instance, response that took take in texas would takes place in