Alfredo Matias video interview and biography

Jiménez, José, 1948-

Alfredo Matias is the son of Doña Carmen García and a Young Lord going back to the mid-1960s. Mr. Matias joined the Young Lords during the Month of Soul Dances at St. Michael’s Church Gymnasium in Lincoln Park. Mr. Matias lived in Lincoln Park and also in Wicker Park for many years. He was forced from the military because he refused to accept an order that would have sent him to Cuba to fight alongside other Puerto Ricans in the Bay of Pigs invasion, against the sovereignty of Cuba. Mr. Matias grew up in Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico. Today Mr. Matias is home in Puerto Rico, content to be by his mother’s side, and still writing his poetry.

2012-04-02

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives

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Alfredo Matias vídeo entrevista y biografía

Young Lords (Organización)

Puertorriqueños--Estados Unidos

Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos--Historia

Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)

Puertorriqueños--Relatos personales

Justicia social

Activistas comunitarios--Illinois--Chicago

Veteranos--Relatos personales

Artes, Puertorriqueños--Illinois--Chicago

Puertorriqueños--Illinois--Chicago--Vida social y costumbres

Religión

Iglesia Católica

Racismo--Estados Unidos

Relaciones raciales