Young Lords - Wikipedia
The Young Lords[a] was a Chicago -based street gang that became a civil rights and human rights organization. [2][3] The group, most active in the late 1960s and 1970s, aimed to fight …
Young Lords | Chicago, History, & Black Panthers | Britannica
Jan 15, 2025 · Young Lords, street gang formed by Puerto Ricans in Chicago that evolved into a diverse revolutionary civil rights group active during the 1960s and ’70s. Its platform included …
José "Cha Cha" Jiménez, who turned Chicago's Young Lords gang …
Jan 12, 2025 · CHICAGO (CBS) -- Longtime Chicago activist and organizer José "Cha Cha" Jiménez, who transformed the Young Lords from a Lincoln Park neighborhood street gang into …
The Young Lords of Lincoln Park | Chicago Stories
There was a time, from the late 1940s through the 1960s, when the now-upscale Lincoln Park neighborhood served as the beating heart of Chicago’s huge Puerto Rican community, and the …
Young Lords in Lincoln Park Interviews - Grand Valley State University
"The Young Lords in Lincoln Park" collection grows out of decades of work to more fully document the history of Chicago's Puerto Rican community which gave birth to the Young Lords …
José Jiménez Dies at 76; Turned a Gang Into a Voice for Puerto …
1 day ago · The Young Lords began in 1959 as a gang on Chicago’s Near North Side, a clutch of neighborhoods populated by recent Latino migrants. In 1968, Mr. Jiménez changed the name …
The Summer 1969 Campaign · The Young Lords · Digital Chicago
The Young Lords was a Puerto Rican activist group based in the west-end of Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. Although they began as a street gang, their mission is much different from …
New ‘Chicago Stories’ Documentary Traces History of The Young Lords …
Oct 11, 2024 · The Young Lords of Lincoln Park went from a street gang to revolutionaries focused on supporting their community. The group became the Puerto Rican counterpart of …
Summer of ’69: Young Lords in Lincoln Park - Chicago History …
Aug 22, 2023 · CHM is located in beautiful, wealthy Lincoln Park. Today, the area is synonymous with affluence and whiteness. No signs remain that the neighborhood was, as recently as the …
Chicago Stories | The Young Lords of Lincoln Park | Season 4
Oct 11, 2024 · Your tax-deductible donation helps make it all possible. Discover the little-known story of the Young Lords and its founder, José "Cha-Cha" Jiménez.