America “Mecca” Sorrentini inerview and biography

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America “Mecca” Sorrentini inerview and biography

Contributor

Jiménez, José, 1948-

Description

America Sorrentini was born in Puerto Rico. She moved first to Boston and then to Chicago, arriving in the 1970s. Ms. Sorentini's parents were prominent organizers and activists in the struggle for Puerto Rican self-determination, working primarily in and around Santurce, Puerto Rico. Ms. Sorrentini, or “Mecca” as she is known, began her own community activism in Boston working on a variety of issues including housing. By the time Ms. Sorrentini arrived in Chicago she was already aware of the work of the Young Lords and remained in solid contact with the Young Lords. She, and the Chicago Puerto Rican Socialist Party, assisted with the Jiménez aldermanic campaign and later the Harold Washington campaign. When the Young Lords celebrated their official founding date, which is September 23rd the same day as the Grito de Lares or Puerto Rican Independence Day, they selected Ms. Sorrentini to be their keynote speaker.

Date

2012-05-11

Rights

Publisher

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

Identifier

RHC-65_Sorrentini_America

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Type

Moving Image
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Language

eng

Título

America Sorrentini vídeo entrevista y biografía

Sujetos

Young Lords (Organización)
Puertorriqueños--Estados Unidos
Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos--Historia
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Puertorriqueños--Relatos personales
Justicia social
Activistas comunitarios--Illinois--Chicago
Puerto Rico--Autonomía y movimientos independentistas
Chicago (Ill.)--Política y gobierno--1951-
Puerto Rico--Política y gobierno
Puertorriqueños--Vida social y costumbres

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Sorrentini, America, “America “Mecca” Sorrentini inerview and biography,” Digital Collections, accessed December 23, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/24627.
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