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Readers Theater Play: Roberto Clemente

September 21 , 2009

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with our original plays based on the life of Roberto Clemente!

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Roberto Clemente's Gifts From the Heart

Each year from September 15 to October 15, Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the contributions of Americans of Spanish and Latin heritage. Pittsburgh baseball fans recently paid tribute to the city's most popular Hispanic hero, Roberto Clemente. (Click here to keep reading this article.)

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