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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Rebecca “Buffy” Vance
Interviewers: José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 4/20/2012
Biography and Description
Rebecca “Buffy” Vance was friends with “Stony,” who was a white southerner and one of the main
Young Lords from the Wieland branch of the group before they became human rights activists for
Latinos and the poor. Stony was about 17-years-old then and lived across from Wieland on North
Avenue. His sisters became members of the auxiliary group, the Young Lordettes. Wieland culture was
completely different from the culture at Halsted and Dickens and Burling and Armitage where the other
main group of Young Lords hung out. The difference was that on Wieland and North Avenue, they did
not have to share space with the other Puerto Rican Clubs of Lincoln Park. Pockets of Puerto Ricans left
behind from the destruction wrought by urban renewal in the Puerto Rican barrio of La Clark were still
around then. Wieland Street was one of the streets that still survived. Masao Yamasaki, a man of
Japanese descent, became friends with Stony and other Young lords and tried to help them with
counseling and guidance. Mr. Yamasaki did this through the YMCA, where Young Lords would go for
swimming and basketball. He owned a factory and started providing a few of them, including Stony, with
jobs. And Stony remained in his packaging company for years, becoming a supervisor for the company.
Ms. Vance was never in the Young Lords but grew up in Lincoln Park and attended Alcott Elementary at
2625 North Orchard. Alcott School then had an after school program that would supervise the youth at
night to keep them out of trouble and off the streets. A few of the Young Lords attended Alcott and
�spread the word about the program. They would have to walk 8 to 10 blocks to attend but it did help
some of them as they participated in sports, arts and crafts, and other activities. There were also the
social dances, where youth danced to tunes such as “Wipe-out,” “Twine Time,” “Monkey Time,” and
“Louie Louie.” Today Ms. Vance today works at the University of Illinois Circle Campus as Assistant to
Communications and Development and Alumni Relations. Prior to joining the College of Law, she
worked as a development Secretary for Will AM-FM-TV. Ms. Vance has also worked at Amdocs Inc. and
in benefit planning.
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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
Date
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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
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Título
Spanish language Title entry
Rebecca “Buffy” Vance vídeo entrevista y biografía
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
Source
<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/491">Young Lords in Lincoln Park (RHC-65)</a>
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RHC-65_Vance_Rebecca
Title
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Rebecca “Buffy” Vance inerview and biography
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Vance, Rebecca
Description
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Rebecca “Buffy” Vance was friends with “Stony,” who was a white southerner and one of the main Young Lords from the Wieland branch of the group before they became human rights activists for Latinos and the poor. Stony was about 17-years-old then and lived across from Wieland on North Avenue. His sisters became members of the auxiliary group, the Young Lordettes. Wieland culture was completely different from the culture at Halsted and Dickens and Burling and Armitage where the other main group of Young Lords hung out. The difference was that on Wieland and North Avenue, they did not have to share space with the other Puerto Rican Clubs of Lincoln Park. Pockets of Puerto Ricans left behind from the destruction wrought by urban renewal in the Puerto Rican barrio of La Clark were still around then. Wieland Street was one of the streets that still survived. Masao Yamasaki, a man of Japanese descent, became friends with Stony and other Young lords and tried to help them with counseling and guidance. Mr. Yamasaki did this through the YMCA, where Young Lords would go for swimming and basketball. He owned a factory and started providing a few of them, including Stony, with jobs. And Stony remained in his packaging company for years, becoming a supervisor for the company. Ms. Vance was never in the Young Lords but grew up in Lincoln Park and attended Alcott Elementary at 2625 North Orchard. Alcott School then had an after school program that would supervise the youth at night to keep them out of trouble and off the streets. A few of the Young Lords attended Alcott and spread the word about the program. They would have to walk 8 to 10 blocks to attend but it did help some of them as they participated in sports, arts and crafts, and other activities. There were also the social dances, where youth danced to tunes such as “Wipe-out,” “Twine Time,” “Monkey Time,” and “Louie Louie.” Today Ms. Vance today works at the University of Illinois Circle Campus as Assistant to Communications and Development and Alumni Relations. Prior to joining the College of Law, she worked as a development Secretary for Will AM-FM-TV. Ms. Vance has also worked at Amdocs Inc. and in benefit planning.
Contributor
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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
Format
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video/mp4
application/pdf
Date
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2012-04-20