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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: David Rivera Reyes
Interviewers: Jose Jimenez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 1/12/2011
Runtime: 01:28:27
Biography and Description
David Rivera’s family arrived to the Division and Clark Streets area in 1950 and from there in 1952, they
moved to Clybourn and Halsted Streets between the Cabrini Green Housing Projects and the Lincoln
Park Neighborhood. A few months later David Rivera arrived and the entire family moved to Don
Orelio’s house on Dayton Street between North Avenue and Willow Street. They were brief neighbors
with the Cha-Cha Jimenez family who lived downstairs from them.
Not long afterwards the Rivera family bought a house across from the alley on Fremont Street, south of
Willow where Bissell Street intersected. This was one of the first enclaves of Puerto Ricans that settled
in Lincoln Park. The enclave connected with others later but stretched in the area from Halsted street
west to Sheffield Ave., and from North Avenue to Willow Street.
David’s grandfather became the neighborhood barber and David’s siblings built a homemade
rollercoaster that came down the railing and stretched into the large backyard and back. It was basically
a crate with roller skate wheels and each kid paid two or three cents with empty bottle refunds, for the
ride.
David’s nickname was Chicken Killer because he and his brothers worked at the live chicken store on
North Avenue, of which the street had become the primary business area for the Latino section. He also
worked with his cousin Orlando Davila on a milk truck as well as several other factories of the area.
�While only 10 and 11 they were a part of the Knights which soon later Orlando organized them with
others and they became a totally new group called the Young Lords; as a street group or gang in 1960.
David also led the motorcycle group called the Sons of the Devil while still being the Field Marshall for
the Young Lords political group.
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Young Lords in Lincoln Park Collection
Subject
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Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Description
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Collection of oral history interviews and digitized materials documenting the history of the Young Lords Organization in Lincoln Park, Chicago. Interviews were conducted by Young Lords' founder, José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez, and documents were digitized from Mr. Jiménez' archives.
The Young Lords in Lincoln Park collection grows out of the ongoing struggle for fair housing, self-determination, and human rights that was launched by Mr. José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez, founder of the Young Lords Movement. This project is dedicated to documenting the history of the displacement of Puerto Ricans, Mejicanos, other Latinos, and the poor from Lincoln Park, as well as the history of the Young Lords nationwide.
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
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<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/491">Young Lords in Lincoln Park collection (RHC-65)</a>
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
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2017-04-25
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eng
spa
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Text
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RHC-65
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2012-2017
Oral History
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Título
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David Rivera Reyes vídeo entrevista y biografía, entrevista 1
Descripción
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La historia oral de David Rivera Reyes, entrevistado por Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez el 01/12/2011 acerca de los Young Lords en Lincoln Park.
Sujetos
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Young Lords (Organización)
Puertorriqueños--Estados Unidos
Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos--Historia
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Narrativas personales
Justicia social
Activistas comunitarios--Illinois--Chicago
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RHC-65_Reyes_David_Rivera
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David Rivera Reyes video interview and biography, interview 1
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Reyes, David Rivera
Description
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Oral history of David Rivera Reyes, interviewed by Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez, on 01/12/2011 about the Young Lords in Lincoln Park.
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
Publisher
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Subject
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Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Language
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eng
Rights
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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a>
Type
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Moving Image
Text
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video/mp4
application/pdf
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Young Lords collection (RHC-65)
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2011-01-12