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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Aaron Dixon
Interviewer: Jose Jimenez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 3/14/2013
Runtime: 01:17:46
Biography and Description
Oral history of Aaron Dixon, interviewed by Jose “Cha-Cha” Jimenez on March 14, 2013 about the Young
Lords in Lincoln Park.
"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 Organization and later,
the Young Lords Party. Founded by Mr. José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez, the Young Lords became one of the
premier struggles for international human rights. Where thriving church congregations, social and
political clubs, restaurants, groceries, and family residences once flourished, successive waves of urban
renewal and gentrification forcibly displaced most of those Puerto Ricans, Mejicanos, other Latinos,
�working-class and impoverished families, and their children in the 1950s and 1960s. Today these same
families and activists also risk losing their history.
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Young Lords in Lincoln Park Collection
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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
An account of the resource
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.
Creator
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
Source
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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
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2012-2017
Oral History
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Título
Spanish language Title entry
Aaron Dixon vídeo entrevista y biografía
Descripción
Spanish language Description entry
La historia oral de Aaron Dixon, entrevistado por Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez el 3/14/2013 acerca de los Young Lords en Lincoln Park.
Sujetos
Spanish language Subject terms
Young Lords (Organización)
Puertorriqueños--Estados Unidos
Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos--Historia
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Mexicano-Americanos--Relatos personales
Justicia social
Activistas comunitarios--Illinois--Chicago
Mexico-Americanos--Illinois--Chicago--Condiciones sociales
Relaciones raciales
Conflicto social
Identitad cultural
Partido Pantera Negra. Illinois Capítulo
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Aaron Dixon video interview and biography
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Dixon, Aaron
Description
An account of the resource
Oral history of Aaron Dixon, interviewed by Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez, on 3/14/2013 about the Young Lords in Lincoln Park.
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Jimenez, Jose, 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.)
Mexican Americans--Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Mexican Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social conditions
Race relations
Social conflict
Cultural identity
Black Panther Party. Illinois Chapter
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eng
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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Ada Nivìa López
Interviewers: José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez and Melanie Shell-Weiss
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 8/24/2012
Biography and Description
Ada Nivìa López was born in Puerto Rico and moved to Chicago with her family in 1956. She describes
life in Lincoln Park in those early days, including her father’s leadership in Latino community and his run
for alderman in the early 1960s. She became active in her community at an early age and describes how,
shortly after starting college, she and a group of students approached the local ASPIRA Association
office, to demand that they become more accountable to the local community. ASPIRA responded by
offering her a job, which she accepted. Ms. López continued her activism throughout her college years,
working closely the Young Lords. She ultimately earned a B.A., cum laude, and a master’s degree from
the University of Illinois at Chicago, specializing in cross-cultural communication and bilingual
education.Ms. López was a founding member and commissioner of the Mayor’s Advisory Commission on
Latino Affairs, which was designed by the Young Lords and created in partnership with Mayor Harold
Washington’s office. The group later became the Chicago Commission on Human Relations. She has
served on the Chicago Board of Education. In 1992, Ms. López became the first Latina to win a statewide
election to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois where she was instrumental in positioning
the university to play a prominent role in addressing urban issues. She is currently a liason between the
National Conference on Puerto Rican Women and the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, promoting
policies on education, health, and employment. She is also a nationally and internationally renown
�specialist on issues pertaining the Latino community and women.Ms. López’s current work, a significant
photography collection and anthology entitled, …y así somos/who we are, focuses on Puerto Rican life
both on and off the island.
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Young Lords in Lincoln Park Collection
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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
An account of the resource
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.
Creator
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
Source
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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
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RHC-65
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2012-2017
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Título
Spanish language Title entry
Ada Nivía López vídeo entrevista y trancripción
Sujetos
Spanish language Subject terms
Young Lords (Organización)
Puertorriqueños--Estados Unidos
Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos--Historia
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Puertorriqueños--Relatos personales
Justicia social
Activistas comunitarios--Illinois--Chicago
Educación--Illinois--Chicago
Chicago (Ill.)--Política y gobierno--1951-
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Ada Nivía López audio interview and biography
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López, Ada
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Ada Nivía López was born in Puerto Rico and moved to Chicago with her family in 1956. She describes life in Lincoln Park in those early days, including her Father´s leadership in Latino community and his run for alderman in the early 1960s. She became active in her community at an early age and continued her activism throughout her college years, working closely the Young Lords. Ms. López was a founding member and commissioner of the Mayor´s Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs, which was designed by the Young Lords and created in partnership with Mayor Harold Washington´s office. Ms. López became the first Latina to win a statewide election to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois where she was instrumental in positioning the university to play a prominent role in addressing urban issues.
Contributor
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
Shell-Weiss, Melanie
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.)
Puerto Ricans--Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Education--Illinois--Chicago
Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--1951-
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eng
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2012-08-24
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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Alfredo Calixto
Interviewers: José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 2/8/2012
Biography and Description
English
Alfredo “Freddy” Calixto belongs to a family who were among the first Puerto Rican families to move to
Chicago in the early 1950s. Born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, Mr. Calixto lived through the displacement of
Puerto Rican families from La Clark to the Lincoln Park Neighborhood where he grew up. Both of his
parents and several of his many siblings became involved in the Caballeros de San Juan and Damas de
María. His father also spent time with the Hacha Viejas (Old Hatchets), a social club that was active in
the neighborhood. Mr. Calixto describes struggling with discrimination in Lincoln Park and how these
early experiences inspired him to commit himself to advocating for Latino youth. He has served as the
Executive Director for Broader Urban Involvement and Leadership Development (BUILD), a non-profit
community organization in Chicago that was founded in 1969. He is currently the Vice President for
Institutional Advancement at St. Augustine College, the only bilingual institution of higher education in
the Midwest.
Spanish
Alfredo “Freddy: Calixto es parte de la familia quien fueron unos de los primeras familias que se
movieron a Chicago en el principio de los 1950s. Nacido en Caguas Puerto Rico, Señor Calixto vivió por el
�desplazamiento de las familias Puertorriqueñas de La Clark hacia Lincoln Park, donde creció. Sus padres
y la mayoría de sus hermanos fueron parte de la Caballeros de San Juan y Damas de María. Su padre
también trabajo con Hacha Viejas, una organización social que era activa en el vecindario. Señor Calixto
describe su pelea contra discriminación en Lincoln Park y como esas experiencias lo inspiro a dedicarse a
la lucha para los jóvenes Latinos. También a sido parte de la Executive Director for Broader Urban
Involvement and Leadership Development (BUILD), una organización sin lucrativa en Chicago que fue
creada en 1969. Hoy, Señor Calixto, es el vicepresidente por la Instiutional Advancement en St.
Augustine College, que es la única institución bilingüe en el medio oeste de educación mayor.
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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
An account of the resource
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.
Creator
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
Source
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<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/491">Young Lords in Lincoln Park collection (RHC-65)</a>
Publisher
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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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application/pdf
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eng
spa
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RHC-65
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2012-2017
Oral History
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Título
Spanish language Title entry
Alfredo Calixto vídeo entrevista y trancripción
Descripción
Spanish language Description entry
Alfredo “Freddy: Calixto es parte de la familia quien fueron unos de los primeras familias que se movieron a Chicago en el principio de los 1950s. Nacido en Caguas Puerto Rico, Señor Calixto vivió por el desplazamiento de las familias Puertorriqueñas de La Clark hacia Lincoln Park, donde creció. Sus padres y la mayoría de sus hermanos fueron parte de la Caballeros de San Juan y Damas de María. Su padre también trabajo con Hacha Viejas, una organización social que era activa en el vecindario. Señor Calixto describe su pelea contra discriminación en Lincoln Park y como esas experiencias lo inspiro a dedicarse a la lucha para los jóvenes Latinos. También a sido parte de la Executive Director for Broader Urban Involvement and Leadership Development (BUILD), una organización sin lucrativa en Chicago que fue creada en 1969. Hoy, Señor Calixto, es el vicepresidente por la Instiutional Advancement en St. Augustine College, que es la única institución bilingüe en el medio oeste de educación mayor.
Sujetos
Spanish language Subject terms
Young Lords (Organización)
Puertorriqueños--Estados Unidos
Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos--Historia
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Puertorriqueños--Relatos personales
Justicia social
Activistas comunitarios--Illinois--Chicago
Renovación urbana--Illinois--Chicago
Juventud--Illinois--Chicago
Source
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RHC-65_Calixto_Alfredo
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Alfredo Calixto video interview and biography
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Calixto, Alfredo
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Alfredo “Freddy” Calixto and his family were among the first Puerto Rican families to move to Chicago in the early 1950s. Born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, Mr. Calixto lived through the displacement of Puerto Rican families from La Clark to the Lincoln Park Neighborhood where he grew up. Mr. Calixto describes struggling with discrimination in Lincoln Park and how these early experiences inspired him to commit himself to advocating for Latino youth.
Contributor
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
Publisher
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Subject
The topic of the resource
Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Puerto Ricans--Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Urban renewal--Illinois--Chicago
Youth--Illinois--Chicago
Language
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eng
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Moving Image
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application/pdf
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2012-02-08
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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Alfredo Matias
Interviewers: José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 4/2/2012
Biography and Description
Alfredo Matias is the happy 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. Those neighborhood dances were held for four consecutive Saturdays and the Young
Lords purchased 40, 30-minute advertising slots on the radio to announce the dances. The affairs were
so well attended they were overfilled each night. Monies from the dances were used by the Young Lords
to purchase their club sweaters, which were to be all black with a violet stripe along each shoulder –
colors chosen from the film, “West Side Story.” The film had special significance for young Puerto Ricans
at the time because it was the only public movie of its day that portrayed Puerto Ricans living in the
United States, however problematically. A white, armor shield patch was sewn near one of the side
pockets. The letters “YL” in old English font were marked on the patch as well. Mr. Matias lived in
Lincoln Park and also in Wicker Park for many years. He saw both communities evict their primarily
Puerto Rican residents. For years, one could see Alfredo sitting in the park at Schiller and Damen Ave. or
walking along North Avenue, Milwaukee, Damen, and Division Streets. He would always be humble,
respectful and friendly, and his favorite past time was not whistling but “throwing flowers or
compliments at the ladies.” Mr. Matias has always been dedicated to his heros Don Pedro Albizu
Campos and Lolita Lebrón, and has performed his many poems at the nightclub “Weeds” and several
�other venues for free. A few of his poems include, “El Coquí,” “ El Grillo y La Luna,” “Sin Titulo,”
“Characters of my Poetry,” “Ponle Titulo,” and “Just a Poem.” Mr. Matias says that he was expelled
from school at 13 years of age, from Puerto Rico at age 15, and from the U.S. military at 17. 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. He said
then “that he was not going to ever fight in a war against a Latino nation.” The expulsion from the
military has caused him much suffering, including being denied any veteran’s benefits. Mr. Matias grew
up in Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico. SabanaSeca is a barrio of Tao Baja, 14 miles west of San Juan. It used to
house primarily a pineapple and grapefruit plantation called the “Stephenson Place,” but the 2250 acres
were acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. After the war, the property was turned over to the
U.S. Army and then back to the U.S. Navy. Since the 1898 military occupation of Puerto Rico by the
United States, six military installations have been established in Puerto Rico: one in the offshore island
of Culebra, another in the island of Vieques, and four others including Roosevelt Roads, Salinas, Fort
Allen, and Fort Buchanon. Today Mr. Matias is home in Puerto Rico, content to be by his mother’s side,
and still writing his poetry, “proud to be a Puerto Rican and a Young Lord to the bone.”
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Young Lords in Lincoln Park Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
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
An account of the resource
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.
Creator
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
Source
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<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/491">Young Lords in Lincoln Park collection (RHC-65)</a>
Publisher
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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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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a>
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video/mp4
application/pdf
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eng
spa
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Moving Image
Text
Identifier
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RHC-65
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
2012-2017
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Título
Spanish language Title entry
Alfredo Matias vídeo entrevista y biografía
Sujetos
Spanish language Subject terms
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
Source
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RHC-65_Matias_Alfredo
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Alfredo Matias video interview and biography
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Matias, Alfredo
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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.
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
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Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Puerto Ricans--Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Veterans--Personal narratives
Arts, Puerto Rican--Illinois--Chicago
Puerto Ricans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs
Religion
Catholic Church
Racism--United States
Race relations
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eng
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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: America “Mecca” Sorrentini
Interviewers: José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 5/11/2012
Biography and 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. She became active with Movimiento Pro Independencia and FUPI (Federación
Universitaria Pro-Independencia), the student university equivalent, in the late 1960s. These groups that
was proactive in occupations and strikes especially at the Rio Piedras branch of the University of Puerto
Rico. By the time Ms. Sorrentini arrived in Chicago she was already aware of the work of the Young
Lords, as word of their actions in Chicago had spread throughout cities along the east coast and into
Puerto Rico. In Puerto Rico there were jealousies among some pro-independence groups but in Chicago
the movement was young and groups sought unity with each other. José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez met with
her and she describes witnessing how the Young Lords developed and grew without minimal funds,
were constantly fighting city hall, and how they remained firm in their commitment to Latinos and the
poor, as well as to their principles. Ms. Sorrentini organized a Chicago branch of the Puerto Rican
Socialist Party. They joined up with Rev. Jorge Morales and Rev. María Lourdes Porrata of the West
Town Concerned Citizens Coalition and organized in Wicker Park and in Humboldt Park. One of their
�primary locations was San Lucas United Church of Christ that was across the street from Humboldt Park.
Ms. Sorrentini always 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. More recently, Ms. Sorrentini has fought with city inspectors who want to tear
down the house in Santurce, Puerto Rico where she and her parents grew up. She has converted it into a
museum that has continuous exhibitions by artists displaying their works. She lives in Puerto Rico but
continues to maintain contact with Chicago. In 2000, she was a featured speaking at the Lincoln Park
Camp in Lakeview, Michigan – a meeting organized to support the displaced Puerto Ricans and poor of
Lincoln Park, bring attention to the displacement of families from Humboldt Park, and in support of
protesters who wanted to evict the U.S. Navy from Vieques.
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Young Lords in Lincoln Park Collection
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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
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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
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2012-2017
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Título
Spanish language Title entry
America Sorrentini vídeo entrevista y biografía
Sujetos
Spanish language Subject terms
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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America “Mecca” Sorrentini inerview and biography
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Sorrentini, America
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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.
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
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Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Puerto Ricans--Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Puerto Rico--Autonomy and independence movements
Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--1951-
Puerto Rico--Politics and government
Puerto Ricans--Social life and customs
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eng
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2012-05-11
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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Amparo Jiménez
Interviewers: José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 6/22/2012
Biography and Description
Amparo Jiménez lives in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico where she is very active within the Catholic Church.
During her oral history, Ms. Jiménez had a statute of the Virgin Mary at her home with a lit candle next
to it. A small group of people had brought the statue to her house and prayed the rosary with her. She
would keep the statue and candle lit in her home for nine days, a novena. During that time, she would
also pray to it. After that, the group would return and pray together once again. They would then keep
the chain unbroken by processing together to another neighbor’s home, giving them the statue after
praying the rosary. This is the charismatic way of keeping the Catholic Church alive through actions or
events within the community. It is also what the Caballeros de San Juan and Damas de María did in
Chicago to wake up and unite Puerto Ricans who were dispersed within Chicago, and as a result of their
diasporic situation. Ms. Jiménez is daughter of “Tio Funfa Jiménez” whose children and their offspring
left Puerto Rico and grew up primarily in Detroit and Pontiac, Michigan. She does not want to think of
her cousins, the children of “Tio Gabriel Jiménez” as members of the Hacha Viejas and she states it
because she grew up with them in this town of Aguas Buenas and that she knows them well. She
stresses how her uncle Gabriel was a good, decent hardworking farmer and so were his children.
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Young Lords in Lincoln Park Collection
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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
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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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application/pdf
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eng
spa
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RHC-65
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2012-2017
Oral History
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Título
Spanish language Title entry
Amparo Jiménez vídeo entrevista y biografía
Sujetos
Spanish language Subject terms
Young Lords (Organización)
Puertorriqueños--Estados Unidos
Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos--Historia
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Puertorriqueños--Relatos personales
Idioma español--Relatos personales
Justicia social
Activistas comunitarios--Illinois--Chicago
Puertorriqueños--Vida social y costumbres
Source
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RHC-65_Jimenez_Amparo
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Amparo Jiménez video interview and biography
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Jiménez, Amparo
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Amparo Jiménez lives in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico where she is very active within the Catholic Church. Ms. Jiménez is daughter of “Tio Funfa Jiménez” whose children and their offspring left Puerto Rico and grew up primarily in Detroit and Pontiac, Michigan.
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Jiménez, José , 1948-
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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.)
Puerto Ricans--Personal narratives
Spanish language--Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Puerto Ricans--Social life and customs
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spa
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2012-06-22
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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Ana Encarnación
Interviewers: José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 7/10/2012
Biography and Description
Ana Encarnación is from the San Juan metropolitan area of Puerto Rico and describes growing up there
in the late 1930s and 1940s. She arrived in Chicago in the 1950s, settling in Old Town, along the border
dividing Old Town from neighboring Lincoln Park. She lived on the south side of North Avenue, at the
corner of Sedgewick. This is significant to note because it was the same barrio on either side of North
Avenue, and on either side of Interstate 94. It was demonstrated later by community activists that the
city used some areas of this highway to divide neighborhoods. The Puerto Rican barrio of the early
1960s stretched all the way from La Clark into Lincoln Park, and then west into Wicker Park and into
Humboldt Park. For sure, then it was never called by those official names, as those were only the official
city neighborhood boundaries which common folk Puerto Ricans were unaware existed. Their
neighborhood was only one, as they shopped at the same stores, went to the same theatres, churches,
restaurants, entertaining themselves at the same parks, beaches, and social eventsMs. Encarnación
recalls that the early 1950s in Puerto Rico were rough for someone like her who sympathized with the
Nationalist Party of Don Pedro Albizu Campos. She was never a member of the Party, but she loves
Puerto Rico and has always wanted Puerto Rico to belong to the Puerto Ricans and to break from under
the control of the United States or anyone else. When the Young Lords decided in 1968 to start to
defend the Puerto Ricans and the poor from being displaced, it was her dream come true to join the
�Young Lords Movement. She saw it as a way to help her people. Although Ms. Encarnación would hear
the negative things that the police and the media were saying about the Young Lords, she says she did
not believe any of it. She had already experienced a similar kind of repression in Puerto Rico in the 1950s
as she herself was persecuted, and so she watched only for what she believed to be true. She was
determined at all costs to not let the authorities prevent her from becoming politically engaged in the
Lincoln Park community. Ms. Encarnación was in nursing and so she began to work in the Young Lords’
Emeterio Betances Free Health Clinic. The clinic was directed by Martha and Alberto Chavarria; Mr.
Chavarria was the Young Lords’ Minister of Health. The Chavarrias are of Mexican descent and arrived at
the Young Lords’ People’s Church on Armitage Avenue and Dayton Street via their membership in the
Medical Committee for Human Rights. This committee was founded by Dr. Quentin Young. Dr. Young
also helped to set up neighborhood clinics for the Black Panthers, providing his own personal funds
when necessary and helping to secure used equipment and other hospital resources. Doctors, medical
and nursing students were recruited to volunteer in the clinics. Dr. Quentin Young and the Medical
Committee for Human Rights had a progressive history that included providing emergency medical care
for the protesters at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968. Dr. Jack Johns was the
doctor on duty at the Betances Clinic. He and a committee that Ms. Encarnación was a member of
directed the clinic for many years, long after the Young Lords left the People’s Church. The clinic was
later transferred to St. Teresa’s Church. Ms. Encarnación describes how the volunteer staff, including
herself, not only provided many long hours of free services to the Puerto Ricans and poor of Lincoln Park
but when money was low, they also donated from their own personal savings to keep the clinic afloat.
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Young Lords in Lincoln Park Collection
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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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application/pdf
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eng
spa
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RHC-65
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2012-2017
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Título
Spanish language Title entry
Ana Encarnación vídeo entrevista y biografía
Sujetos
Spanish language Subject terms
Young Lords (Organización)
Puertorriqueños--Estados Unidos
Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos--Historia
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Puertorriqueños--Relatos personales
Idioma español--Relatos personales
Justicia social
Activistas comunitarios--Illinois--Chicago
Puertorriqueños--Illinois--Chicago--Vida social y costumbres
Centros médicos--Illinois--Chicago
Puertorriqueños--Illinois--Chicago--Condiciones sociales
Renovación urbana--Illinois--Chicago
Puerto Rico--Autonomía y movimientos independentistas
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Ana Encarnación video interview and biography
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Encarnación, Ana
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Ana Encarnación is from the San Juan metropolitan area of Puerto Rico and describes growing up there in the late 1930s and 1940s. She arrived in Chicago in the 1950s, settling in Old Town, along the border dividing Old Town from neighboring Lincoln Park. She lived on the south side of North Avenue, at the corner of Sedgewick. When the Young Lords decided in 1968 to start to defend the Puerto Ricans and the poor from being displaced, it was her dream come true to join the Young Lords Movement. She saw it as a way to help her people. Ms. Encarnación was in nursing and so she began to work in the Young Lords’ Emeterio Betances Free Health Clinic. Ms. Encarnación describes how the volunteer staff, including herself, not only provided many long hours of free services to the Puerto Ricans and poor of Lincoln Park but when money was low, they also donated from their own personal savings to keep the clinic afloat.
Contributor
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
Publisher
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Subject
The topic of the resource
Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Puerto Ricans--Personal narratives
Spanish language--Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Puerto Ricans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs
Medical care--Illinois--Chicago
Puerto Ricans--Illinois--Chicago--Social conditions
Urban renewal--Illinois--Chicago
Puerto Rico--Autonomy and independence movements
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spa
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application/pdf
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2012-07-10
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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Angel “Sal” del Rivero
Interviewers: José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 7/11/2012
Biography and Description
Angel “Sal” Del Rivero was born in Mexico. In the late 1950s and early 1960s he lived in Lincoln Park on
Dayton Street. Later his family moved to the Lakeview Neighborhood near Wrigley Field, but he never
left Lincoln Park as he traveled to it daily. Mr. Rivero became one of the original members of the Young
Lords in 1959. The other original members of the Young Lords were all Puerto Rican, including Santos
Guzman who moved to Lincoln Park from Philadelphia, Benny Pérez who lived on Halsted, Fermin Pérez
(no relation to Benny), and David “Chicken Killer” Rivera whose regular job later was at a meat market.
Mr. Rivero’s father was the neighborhood barber who cut hair from their home on Fremont and Bissell
Streets, which then crossed each other where they both ended. Mr. Rivero’s brothers improvised a
roller coaster ride made from wooden fruit crates that slid down the railing of their back porch stairway,
racing down into the backyard until the crates finally hit ground on the cement pavement would glide it
on their own. It was exhilarating until the ride ended at the fence. All the neighborhood kids enjoyed it
and the Rivero kids made a mint from the nickles they charged for the rides.The first president of the
Young Lords was Joe Vicente, who had Italian features. Mr. Jiménez became the last president of several
because he was always in and out of jail. Mr. Vicente also lived in the Italian section of Lincoln Park, by
De Paul University, on Sheffield and Belden. His cousin, Johnny Trinidad had moved from New York, to
Indiana Harbor’s Steel Mill area, and then moved onto 95th and Halsted Streets. Mr. Trinidad always
�was free with his opinions, especially before, after, and when he briefly popped into meetings to watch,
but he rarely attended any full meeting, saying that he could not because he lived out of the
neighborhood. Mr. Rivero recalls these early days, noting that the fact that ethnic youth groups lived in
segregated blocks in these early days also played a big difference in their organizing. In 1959, Puerto
Ricans were still scattered throughout Lincoln Park and so the Young Lords did not begin from a
concentrated hangout but were spread out, trying to carve out their own place within Lincoln Park. For
many this meant being targeted by white ethnic youth because they had darker skin, were Puerto Rican,
or spoke Spanish. Mr. Rivero recalls the numerous stands the Young Lords made in their early days. As
more Latinos and African Americans moved into Lincoln Park, Humbolt Park, Wicker Park, and parts of
Lakeview through the 1950s and 1960s, youth began to unite more around national origins. Mr. Rivero
describes an encounter where the Young Lords, Latin Eagles, and a whole range of northside Puerto
Ricans gangs became involved. The Aristocrats were an established white gang that was led by their only
Puerto Rican member, Dulio. They had argued with a Puerto Rican family and had entered into a
primarily Puerto Rican housing project called California Terrace, located by Halsted and Barry near Clark
Streets and threw bricks through all the windows. A war involving about 400 people began and the
white Town Hall policemen hid from view. It lasted an entire week. On one of the days, the Puerto
Ricans walked down Barry Street and broke out all the car windows, from Halsted to Sheffield looking
for and challenging the Aristocrats in their own territory. On another occasion, a stuffed figure of a
person hung by the neck from electrical wires high up in the middle of the street, resembling a lynching.
The war ended when both groups met on their own and agreed to stop fighting, to avoid being arrested
by the police. Mr. Rivero recalls being one of the war counselors with Mr. Jiménez and helping to resolve
the conflict. While the Young Lords were transforming themselves into a human rights movement, Mr.
Rivero was serving in the U.S. military. When he came out most Young Lords were opposed to the
Vietnam War, although many Young Lords also served on the front lines in that war. Mr. Rivero at first
resented those who opposed the war. But after Young Lord Manuel Ramos was killed by an off duty
policeman, the entire Young Lords group reunited themselves for human rights.
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Young Lords in Lincoln Park Collection
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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
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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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2012-2017
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Título
Spanish language Title entry
Angel “Sal” del Rivero vídeo entrevista y biografía, entrevista 1
Sujetos
Spanish language Subject terms
Young Lords (Organización)
Puertorriqueños--Estados Unidos
Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos--Historia
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Mexicano-Americanos--Relatos personales
Justicia social
Activistas comunitarios--Illinois--Chicago
Mexicano-Americanos--Illinois--Chicago--Vida social y costumbres
Veteranos--Relatos personales
Pandillas--Illinois--Chicago
Source
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Angel “Sal” del Rivero video interview and biography, interview 1
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Rivero, Angel del
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Angel “Sal” del Rivero was born in Mexico. In the late 1950s and early 1960s he lived in Lincoln Park on Dayton Street. Later his family moved to the Lakeview Neighborhood near Wrigley Field. Mr. Rivero became one of the original members of the Young Lords in 1959. While the Young Lords were transforming themselves into a human rights movement, Mr. Rivero was serving in the U.S. military. When he came out most Young Lords were opposed to the Vietnam War, although many Young Lords also served on the front lines in that war. Mr. Rivero at first resented those who opposed the war. But after Young Lord Manuel Ramos was killed by an off duty policeman, the entire Young Lords group reunited themselves for human rights.
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
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Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Mexican Americans--Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Mexican Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs
Veterans--Personal narratives
Gangs--Illinois--Chicago
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eng
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2012-07-11
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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Angel “Sal” del Rivero
Interviewers: José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 7/12/2012
Biography and Description
Angel “Sal” Del Rivero was born in Mexico. In the late 1950s and early 1960s he lived in Lincoln Park on
Dayton Street. Later his family moved to the Lakeview Neighborhood near Wrigley Field, but he never
left Lincoln Park as he traveled to it daily. Mr. Rivero became one of the original members of the Young
Lords in 1959. The other original members of the Young Lords were all Puerto Rican, including Santos
Guzman who moved to Lincoln Park from Philadelphia, Benny Pérez who lived on Halsted, Fermin Pérez
(no relation to Benny), and David “Chicken Killer” Rivera whose regular job later was at a meat market.
Mr. Rivero’s father was the neighborhood barber who cut hair from their home on Fremont and Bissell
Streets, which then crossed each other where they both ended. Mr. Rivero’s brothers improvised a
roller coaster ride made from wooden fruit crates that slid down the railing of their back porch stairway,
racing down into the backyard until the crates finally hit ground on the cement pavement would glide it
on their own. It was exhilarating until the ride ended at the fence. All the neighborhood kids enjoyed it
and the Rivero kids made a mint from the nickles they charged for the rides.The first president of the
Young Lords was Joe Vicente, who had Italian features. Mr. Jiménez became the last president of several
because he was always in and out of jail. Mr. Vicente also lived in the Italian section of Lincoln Park, by
De Paul University, on Sheffield and Belden. His cousin, Johnny Trinidad had moved from New York, to
Indiana Harbor’s Steel Mill area, and then moved onto 95th and Halsted Streets. Mr. Trinidad always
�was free with his opinions, especially before, after, and when he briefly popped into meetings to watch,
but he rarely attended any full meeting, saying that he could not because he lived out of the
neighborhood. Mr. Rivero recalls these early days, noting that the fact that ethnic youth groups lived in
segregated blocks in these early days also played a big difference in their organizing. In 1959, Puerto
Ricans were still scattered throughout Lincoln Park and so the Young Lords did not begin from a
concentrated hangout but were spread out, trying to carve out their own place within Lincoln Park. For
many this meant being targeted by white ethnic youth because they had darker skin, were Puerto Rican,
or spoke Spanish. Mr. Rivero recalls the numerous stands the Young Lords made in their early days. As
more Latinos and African Americans moved into Lincoln Park, Humbolt Park, Wicker Park, and parts of
Lakeview through the 1950s and 1960s, youth began to unite more around national origins. Mr. Rivero
describes an encounter where the Young Lords, Latin Eagles, and a whole range of northside Puerto
Ricans gangs became involved. The Aristocrats were an established white gang that was led by their only
Puerto Rican member, Dulio. They had argued with a Puerto Rican family and had entered into a
primarily Puerto Rican housing project called California Terrace, located by Halsted and Barry near Clark
Streets and threw bricks through all the windows. A war involving about 400 people began and the
white Town Hall policemen hid from view. It lasted an entire week. On one of the days, the Puerto
Ricans walked down Barry Street and broke out all the car windows, from Halsted to Sheffield looking
for and challenging the Aristocrats in their own territory. On another occasion, a stuffed figure of a
person hung by the neck from electrical wires high up in the middle of the street, resembling a lynching.
The war ended when both groups met on their own and agreed to stop fighting, to avoid being arrested
by the police. Mr. Rivero recalls being one of the war counselors with Mr. Jiménez and helping to resolve
the conflict. While the Young Lords were transforming themselves into a human rights movement, Mr.
Rivero was serving in the U.S. military. When he came out most Young Lords were opposed to the
Vietnam War, although many Young Lords also served on the front lines in that war. Mr. Rivero at first
resented those who opposed the war. But after Young Lord Manuel Ramos was killed by an off duty
policeman, the entire Young Lords group reunited themselves for human rights.
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https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/c596581aa9b694020f577d4710517808.mp4
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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
An account of the resource
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.
Creator
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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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video/mp4
application/pdf
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eng
spa
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RHC-65
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2012-2017
Oral History
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Título
Spanish language Title entry
Angel “Sal” del Rivero vídeo entrevista y biografía, entrevista 2
Sujetos
Spanish language Subject terms
Young Lords (Organización)
Puertorriqueños--Estados Unidos
Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos--Historia
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Mexicano-Americanos--Relatos personales
Justicia social
Activistas comunitarios--Illinois--Chicago
Mexicano-Americanos--Illinois--Chicago--Vida social y costumbres
Veteranos--Relatos Personales
Pandillas--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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Angel “Sal” del Rivero video interview and biography, interview 2
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Rivero, Angel del
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Angel “Sal” del Rivero was born in Mexico. In the late 1950s and early 1960s he lived in Lincoln Park on Dayton Street. Later his family moved to the Lakeview Neighborhood near Wrigley Field. Mr. Rivero became one of the original members of the Young Lords in 1959. While the Young Lords were transforming themselves into a human rights movement, Mr. Rivero was serving in the U.S. military. When he came out most Young Lords were opposed to the Vietnam War, although many Young Lords also served on the front lines in that war. Mr. Rivero at first resented those who opposed the war. But after Young Lord Manuel Ramos was killed by an off duty policeman, the entire Young Lords group reunited themselves for human rights.
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.)
Mexican Americans--Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Mexican Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs
Veterans--Personal narratives
Gangs--Illinois--Chicago
Language
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eng
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2012-07-12
-
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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Antonio (Maloco)” Jiménez Rodríguez
Interviewers: José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 6/25/2012
Biography and Description
Antonio (Maloco) Jiménez Rodríguez has no qualms about admitting that he was the Vice-President of
the notorious Hacha Viejas, or Old Hatchets, of the 1950s and 1960s in Chicago, which some believe
was the city’s first Puerto Rican gang. It definitely is the most well-known group of that era. The leader,
Juan Hacha Vieja, came from Barrio Mula in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico. He was a World War II veteran
with a lot of heart. Several witnesses describe one time in 1982 when a Puerto Rican landlord in Wicker
Park pulled out a .32 Colt automatic pistol and pointed it directly at Juan “Hacha Vieja”’s face as Hacha
Vieja was walking in a small passageway between two garages, approaching his building. The landlord
wanted to embarrass Hacha Vieja and make him run, or at least get scared. But Hacha Vieja just stood
there and pulled a .38 snub nose revolver from his pocket and, even while the .32 automatic was being
pointed to his face, started loading bullets into his gun. Mr. Jiménez Rodríguez also recalls that the
Hacha Viejas had no gang colors. In fact, they had no real gang name and bore little resemblance to the
groups of today who sell drugs or hang out on street corners. The Hachas Viejas drank mainly beer or
rum at the saloons or at the homes of members in places like the Water Hotel or the social clubs that
their own members owned. Juan “Hacha Vieja” had been given that nickname when he was just a boy in
Barrio Mula of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico. At the time he was working for Tio Gabriel Jiménez as a
farmhand in a mountain farm that also produced coffee. The name was given to him because “he was
�very good with the machete at the farm.” When times were bad economically, he and Tio Gabriel’s sons
would move from farming to construction or to other farms, doing odds and ends to survive. Hacha
Vieja became close friends with Mr. Jiménez Rodríguez and his other brothers and cousins. After World
War II, many of them moved to Chicago, mostly to the La Clark and Lincoln Park areas. The more they
located meat packing, factory and restaurant and hotel jobs near Wells Street and Chicago Avenue and
around downtown, or at the steel mills south towards Indiana, the more they contacted their friends
and family from Aguas Buenas and Caguas. Other Puerto Rican families did the same and pulled entire
families from their cities and towns, setting them up in Chicago. Juan “Hacha Vieja” was loved, feared
and respected all at once. If he liked you he would turn your last name into “Hacha Vieja” -- Pablo
became Pablo Hacha Vieja and José would be José Hacha Vieja. On the weekends when they drank at
the Clark Street saloons or by Halsted Street and along Madison. Often they would usually get into a
brawl and spend the night in jail for disorderly conduct or loitering. By Monday, they would all be back
to work. Mr. Jiménez Rodríguez recalls wanting to get along with everyone, but there were other
minority gangs that hated the Puerto Ricans with a passion. They had to get their respect or they would
be pushed around and slapped or beaten up. He explains that they had no other choice but to fight, and
carve out territory; the police did not defend them. And many times the police would join these other
gangs against the Puerto Ricans. By the early 1960s there were three taverns that were owned by the
Hacha Viejas: one at La Clark close to Grand Avenue, another on Western, about one or two blocks
north of Division, and the third by the Hotel Lincoln on Armitage Avenue and Clark Street. One day Mr.
Jiménez Rodríguez remembers coming from the west side club on Western Avenue to the Armitage
Avenue and Clark Street Tavern. The Italians and Irish were hiding, waiting for he and his friends. A mob
converged on the Hachas Viejas and started beating them with chains and bats. He, Hacha Vieja and
some others got cut very badly ending up in the hospital for a couple of months. Still on another battle,
they also got cut up by a Mexican gang from Taylor Street near Halsted .It also put them in a hospital.
But Mr. Jiménez Rodríguez explains that this is how they learned their lessons, the hard way for not
paying attention. They needed to be prepared at all times. As time went on they did less fighting and
could just socialize and enjoy a good time. It was no longer just them; more Puerto Ricans were moving
in.
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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
An account of the resource
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.
Creator
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
Source
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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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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a>
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video/mp4
application/pdf
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eng
spa
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RHC-65
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2012-2017
Oral History
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Título
Spanish language Title entry
Antonio “Maloco” Jiménez Rodríguez vídeo entrevista y biografía
Sujetos
Spanish language Subject terms
Young Lords (Organización)
Puertorriqueños--Estados Unidos
Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos--Historia
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Puertorriqueños--Relatos personales
Idioma español--Relatos personales
Justicia social
Activistas comunitarios--Illinois--Chicago
Pandillas--Illinois--Chicago
Puertorriqueños--Illinois--Chicago--Vida social y costumbres
Veteranos--Relatos personales
Pandillas--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_Rodriguez_Antonio
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Antonio “Maloco” Jiménez Rodríguez video interview and biography
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Rodríguez, Antonio
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Antonio “Maloco” Jiménez Rodríguez has no qualms about admitting that he was the Vice-President of the notorious Hacha Viejas, or Old Hatchets, of the 1950s and 1960s in Chicago. He was a World War II veteran with a lot of heart.
Contributor
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
Publisher
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Subject
The topic of the resource
Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Puerto Ricans--Personal narratives
Spanish language--Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Gangs--Illinois--Chicago
Puerto Ricans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs
Veterans--personal narratives
Gangs--Illinois--Chicago
Language
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spa
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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a>
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Moving Image
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2012-06-25
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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Antonio López
Interviewers: José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 7/11/2012
Biography and Description
Antonio López grew up in the Logan Square Neighborhood of Chicago and heard about the Young Lords
early in life, as his parents are activists. Mr. López is also active in various projects and community
organizations. He is of Mexican descent and Logan Square is currently a prime real estate target for
developers, who continue to prey on Latinos and the poor, and are supported by city hall and their
housing Master Plan. In fact it is not hard to locate many of these developers who readily finance
machine loyalists and who have sat and still sit on the many city boards. Mr. López ‘s parents were
connected to the land grant struggles in New Mexico that were being led by Reis López Tijerina. Mr.
Tijerina was born on September 21, 1926 near Falls City, Texas. He is preacher who founded the Alianza
Federal de Pueblos Libres (Federal Alliance of Land Grants) in New Mexico. He is widely credited as
launching the early Chicano Civil Rights Movement, although Mr. Tijerina prefers the term “Indo Hispano
Movement” because the word “Chicano” can also divide Mexicans. At the time of this oral history, Mr.
López was completing his doctoral studies in the Department of History at the University of Texas, El
Paso. His doctoral dissertation focuses on the Rainbow Coalition, which originally began with Chairman
Fred Hampton and included the Young Patriots and Young Lords. Mr. López has voluntarily assisted the
Young Lords on various projects beyond his dissertation.
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Young Lords in Lincoln Park Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
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
An account of the resource
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.
Creator
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
Source
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<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/491">Young Lords in Lincoln Park collection (RHC-65)</a>
Publisher
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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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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a>
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video/mp4
application/pdf
Language
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eng
spa
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Moving Image
Text
Identifier
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RHC-65
Coverage
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2012-2017
Oral History
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Spanish language Title entry
Antonio López vídeo entrevista y biografía
Sujetos
Spanish language Subject terms
Young Lords (Organización)
Puertorriqueños--Estados Unidos
Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos--Historia
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Mexicano-Americanos--Relatos personales
Justicia social
Activistas comunitarios--Illinois--Chicago
Mexico-Americanos--Illinois--Chicago--Condiciones sociales
Relaciones raciales
Conflicto social
Identitad cultural
Partido Pantera Negra. Illinois Capítulo
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<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/491">Young Lords in Lincoln Park (RHC-65)</a>
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RHC-65_Lopez_Antonio
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Antonio López video interview and biography
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López, Antonio
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Antonio López grew up in the Logan Square Neighborhood of Chicago and heard about the Young Lords early in life, as his parents are activists. Mr. López is also active in various projects and community organizations. He is of Mexican descent and Logan Square is currently a prime real estate target for developers, who continue to prey on Latinos and the poor, and are supported by city hall and their housing Master Plan. In fact it is not hard to locate many of these developers who readily finance machine loyalists and who have sat and still sit on the many city boards. Mr. López ‘s parents were connected to the land grant struggles in New Mexico that were being led by Reis López Tijerina. Mr. Tijerina was born on September 21, 1926 near Falls City, Texas. He is preacher who founded the Alianza Federal de Pueblos Libres (Federal Alliance of Land Grants) in New Mexico. He is widely credited as launching the early Chicano Civil Rights Movement, although Mr. Tijerina prefers the term “Indo Hispano Movement” because the word “Chicano” can also divide Mexicans. At the time of this oral history, Mr. López was completing his doctoral studies in the Department of History at the University of Texas, El Paso. His doctoral dissertation focuses on the Rainbow Coalition, which originally began with Chairman Fred Hampton and included the Young Patriots and Young Lords. Mr. López has voluntarily assisted the Young Lords on various projects beyond his dissertation.
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
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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.)
Mexican Americans--Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Mexican Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social conditions
Race relations
Social conflict
Cultural identity
Black Panther Party. Illinois Chapter
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eng
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2012-07-15
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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Benedicto Jiménez
Interviewers: José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 6/2/2012
Biography and Description
Benedicto Jiménez is the son of Toribia Rodríguez and Miguel Jiménez. His father, Miguel, is the oldest
of Gregorio Jiménez’s sons, but is the only son from Gregorio’s first wife. For Mr. Benedicto Jiménez, the
importance of family and neighborhood ties became especially clear once he was in Chicago. There,
Puerto Ricans faced the same hardships and so sought each other out and were glad to know that they
were related in some way. Instead of asking what one thought about the weather, the conversation
would be about, “what town in Puerto Rico are you from and what are all your last names.” They would
research on and on until they could prove that they were related, or at the very least that they were
close friends of close friends, or from a nearby town. Initially, Mr. Jiménez wanted to become a priest.
Instead he became a different type of father and raised a wonderful, stable family in Aurora, Illinois. He
also lived in Lincoln Park for a couple of years on Seminary Street near Armitage, close to Eugenia
Rodríguez, who he would frequently visit, who lived at 2117 North Bissell Street. Rather than returning
to Chicago, Mr. Jiménez moved closer to Aurora, Illinois because he was desperately looking for work
and with the help of other relatives and friends worked at the honguera of West Chicago. The honguera
produced mushrooms and other vegetables for the Campbell Soup Company. Mr. Jiménez worked there
for many years and since he is well educated and fluent in English, he was asked to translate many
times. For this help the company bosses would relate more to him but this never translated into more
�pay or a better job. In those days of the 1960s and 1970s jobs were not given by skill but by national
origin and by race. He says that the honguera was 50/50, about 200 Mejicanos and 200 Puerto Ricans,
who lived in the dormitories of the migrant camp, by signed contract. The company would pay for their
trip from Puerto Rico or Mexico and the employee would work to at least he made enough to reimburse
the company. Mr. Jiménez describes long days and work weeks in an enclosed, unlit room because the
mushrooms are grown in the dark. He could talk to them but could not see who he worked next to
during that day. It was there that he was reintroduced to Don Teo Arroyo, whose wife Gina cooked at
the camp for the men. They too were from Barrio San Salvador of Caguas and would help Latinos, later
becoming the ones to begin organizing the community for Aurora’s first Puerto Rican Day parades. Since
West Chicago was a small town, when the migrant workers decided to settle down with their families,
they often would move to Chicago or settle in Aurora. Significant Mexican and Puerto Rican
communities have grown in both places.
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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.
Creator
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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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application/pdf
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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
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Título
Spanish language Title entry
Benedicto Jiménez vídeo entrevista y biografía
Sujetos
Spanish language Subject terms
Young Lords (Organización)
Puertorriqueños--Estados Unidos
Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos--Historia
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Puertorriqueños--Relatos personales
Idioma español--Relatos personales
Justicia social
Activistas comunitarios--Illinois--Chicago
Puertorriqueños--Illinois--Chicago--Condiciones sociales
Puertorriqueños--Illinois--Chicago--Vida social y costumbres
Trabajadores migratorios agrícolas--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_Jimenez_Benedicto
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Benedicto Jiménez video interview and biography
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Jiménez, Benedicto
Description
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Benedicto Jiménez is the son of Toribia Rodríguez and Miguel Jiménez. For Mr. Benedicto Jiménez, the importance of family and neighborhood ties became especially clear once he was in Chicago. There, Puerto Ricans faced the same hardships and so sought each other out and were glad to know that they were related in some way. Instead of asking what one thought about the weather, the conversation would be about, “what town in Puerto Rico are you from and what are all your last names.” Mr. Jiménez moved closer to Aurora, Illinois because he was desperately looking for work and with the help of other relatives and friends worked at the honguera of West Chicago. The honguera produced mushrooms and other vegetables for the Campbell Soup Company. Mr. Jiménez worked there for many years and since he is well educated and fluent in English, he was asked to translate. His help never translated into more pay or a better job. In those days of the 1960s and 1970s jobs were not given by skill but by national origin and by race. He says that the honguera was 50/50, about 200 Mejicanos and 200 Puerto Ricans, who lived in the dormitories of the migrant camp, by signed contract. Mr. Jiménez describes long days and work weeks in an enclosed, unlit room because the mushrooms are grown in the dark. He was reintroduced to Don Teo Arroyo, whose wife Gina cooked at the camp for the men. They began organizing the community for Aurora’s first Puerto Rican Day parades.
Contributor
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
Publisher
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Subject
The topic of the resource
Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Puerto Ricans--Personal narratives
Spanish language--Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Puerto Ricans--Illinois--Chicago--Social conditions
Puerto Ricans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs
Migrant agricultural laborers--Illinois--Chicago
Language
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spa
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
Date
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2012-06-02