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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Luis “Tony” Baez
Interviewers: José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 8/23/2012
Biography and Description
Luis “Tony” Baez arrived in Chicago from Barrio Borinquén of Caguas, Puerto Rico in 1969 and soon
became Minister of Education of the Young Lords. Barrio Borinquén is the first rural community just
outside of Caguas on the same road that leads to Barrio San Salvador. Dr. Baez comes from a Puerto
Rican cuatro playing family, and he also plays guitar. In Puerto Rico, Dr. Baez was also active with the
Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP), the electoral component of the broad movement in Puerto Rico,
fighting for Puerto Ricans to regain back control of their nation. By 1970, Dr. Baez moved from Chicago
to Milwaukee and set up a Young Lords chapter. They maintained a community office and distributed
the Young Lords Newspaper (that Dr. Baez had also helped to publish while in Chicago), focusing
primarily on neighborhood organizing, community-based programs, and bilingual education. During the
same time, Dr. Baez continued his studies and some years later earned a Ph.D. Today Dr. Baez is
Executive Director of the Council for the Spanish Speaking, Inc. The organization was established in 1964
and is the oldest Latino community-based organization in Milwaukee. The Council serves more than
15,000 individuals, including at risk youth, working families, adult learners and the elderly via subsidized
elderly housing. They also assist with foreclosure counseling, health education, and civic engagement
and mobilization. Dr. Baez is the former Provost and Chief Academic Officer of the Milwaukee Area
Technical College in Wisconsin. He has served as Assistant to the President, Associate Dean of Pre-
�College Programs, Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Director of Research, Planning and
Development there as well. In the Bronx, New York, Dr. Tony Baez also ser served as Vice-President and
Dean of Faculty at Hostos Community College.
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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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Título
Spanish language Title entry
Luis "Tony" Baez 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 e independencia movimientos
Activistas comunitarios--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
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Luis "Tony" Baez video interview and biography
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Baez, Luis
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Luis "Tony" Baez arrived in Chicago from Barrio Borinquén of Caguas, Puerto Rico in 1969 and soon became Minister of Education of the Young Lords. In Puerto Rico, Dr. Baez was also active with the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP), the electoral component of the broad movement in Puerto Rico, fighting for Puerto Ricans to regain back control of their nation. By 1970, Dr. Baez moved from Chicago to Milwaukee and set up a Young Lords chapter. They maintained a community office and distributed the Young Lords Newspaper (that Dr. Baez had also helped to publish while in Chicago), focusing primarily on neighborhood organizing, community-based programs, and bilingual education.
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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
Community activists--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
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eng
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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: David Rivera Reyes
Interviewers: Jose Jimenez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 1/12/2011
Runtime: 01:28:27
Biography and Description
David Rivera’s family arrived to the Division and Clark Streets area in 1950 and from there in 1952, they
moved to Clybourn and Halsted Streets between the Cabrini Green Housing Projects and the Lincoln
Park Neighborhood. A few months later David Rivera arrived and the entire family moved to Don
Orelio’s house on Dayton Street between North Avenue and Willow Street. They were brief neighbors
with the Cha-Cha Jimenez family who lived downstairs from them.
Not long afterwards the Rivera family bought a house across from the alley on Fremont Street, south of
Willow where Bissell Street intersected. This was one of the first enclaves of Puerto Ricans that settled
in Lincoln Park. The enclave connected with others later but stretched in the area from Halsted street
west to Sheffield Ave., and from North Avenue to Willow Street.
David’s grandfather became the neighborhood barber and David’s siblings built a homemade
rollercoaster that came down the railing and stretched into the large backyard and back. It was basically
a crate with roller skate wheels and each kid paid two or three cents with empty bottle refunds, for the
ride.
David’s nickname was Chicken Killer because he and his brothers worked at the live chicken store on
North Avenue, of which the street had become the primary business area for the Latino section. He also
worked with his cousin Orlando Davila on a milk truck as well as several other factories of the area.
�While only 10 and 11 they were a part of the Knights which soon later Orlando organized them with
others and they became a totally new group called the Young Lords; as a street group or gang in 1960.
David also led the motorcycle group called the Sons of the Devil while still being the Field Marshall for
the Young Lords political group.
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Young Lords in Lincoln Park Collection
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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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Título
Spanish language Title entry
David Rivera Reyes vídeo entrevista y biografía, entrevista 1
Descripción
Spanish language Description entry
La historia oral de David Rivera Reyes, entrevistado por Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez el 01/12/2011 acerca de los Young Lords en Lincoln Park.
Sujetos
Spanish language Subject terms
Young Lords (Organización)
Puertorriqueños--Estados Unidos
Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos--Historia
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Narrativas personales
Justicia social
Activistas comunitarios--Illinois--Chicago
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David Rivera Reyes video interview and biography, interview 1
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Reyes, David Rivera
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Oral history of David Rivera Reyes, interviewed by Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez, on 01/12/2011 about the Young Lords in Lincoln Park.
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
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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.)
Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
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eng
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Young Lords collection (RHC-65)
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2011-01-12
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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Celso_Rivera
Interviewers: Jose Jimenez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 3/28/2011
Runtime: 01:16:45
Biography and Description
Celso F. Rivera was born November 11, 1949 in Coamo, Puerto Rico. It is a southeastern town of
the Island; agricultural with a history sugar cane production. He is one of five siblings. The
mother is Angelca and the father is Francisco Rivera. When he arrived in Chicago in 1954, the
family owned their first home at 1705 N. Fremont. He remembers how content they were living
amongst their own culture. The Grandfather put a barber shop in the basement. His older
brother built a makeshift roller coaster unto the back stairway. Kids paid a couple of pennies to
climb into a wooden crate and get pushed down into a ramp. It ended in the back yard. Next
door, inside another home was a Black church which filled up on Sundays and holidays.
He describes that the area was primarily a Puerto Rican enclave within Lincoln Park that
bordered Willow, North Ave., Halsted and Sheffield Streets. These enclaves later formed into a
much larger Puerto Rican barrio which went scores of blocks from North Ave. to Addison and
from Clark to Ashland.
Lincoln Park was a segregated area, he describes. There were Gypsy, Italians, Black, a few
Mexican families where he lived but primarily Puerto Ricans. The kids would play sports in
competition at the boys, but if they later crossed into another nationality’s territory; they
�would get beaten up. It was the same in Mulligan School, Newberry and at Waller High School
where the clubs turned into street gangs.
Celso was working as a Public Safety Officer at St. Elizabeth Hospital, which was changing over
from Polish patrons to more Puerto Rican, when he first translated for a woman that he
discovered was his sister from another mother. He and his older brother visited with her and
they talked as if they had known each other all their lives.
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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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Spanish language Title entry
Celso Rivera vídeo entrevista y biografía
Descripción
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La historia oral de Celso Rivera, entrevistado por Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez el 03/28/2011 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.)
Narrativas personales
Justicia social
Activistas comunitarios--Illinois--Chicago
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Celso Rivera video interview and biography
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Rivera, Celso
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Oral history of Celso Rivera, interviewed by Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez, on 03/28/2011 about the Young Lords in Lincoln Park.
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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.)
Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
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eng
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Young Lords collection (RHC-65)
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2011-03-28
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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
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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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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
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
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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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Sound
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application/pdf
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2012-08-24
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Young
L ords
In
Lincoln
Park
Interviewee:
Linda
Turner
Interviewers:
Jose
Jimenez
Location:
Grand
Valley
State
University
Special
Collections
Date:
2015
Runtime:
00:38:33
Biography
and
Description
Oral
history
of
Linda
Turner,
interviewed
by
Jose
“Cha-‐Cha”
Jimenez
in
2015
about
the
Young
Lords
in
Lincoln
Park.
Linda
Turner
was
born
in
1941
and
became
an
activist
in
1965
after
viewing
the
movie
Judgement
at
Nuremberg
which
she
said
was
followed
by
news
about
police
beating
demonstrators
during
the
civil
rights
March
to
Selma,
Alabama.
She
later
joined
the
Congress
of
Racial
Equality
(C.O.R.E.)
in
Chicago
headed
by
James
Foreman.
Her
first
action
was,
her
and
others
chaining
themselves
in
a
circle
at
McCormick
Place
in
downtown
Chicago
protesting
what
was
going
on
down
south
with
violations
of
the
civil
rights
of
Blacks.
She
went
to
Cuba
as
part
of
the
second
Venceremos
Brigade
of
about
800
volunteers
that
went
to
help
in
the
sugar
cane
harvest.
Upon
coming
back
she
participated
in
the
Young
Lords
Manuel
Ramos
March
�and
also
entered
McCormick
Theological
Seminary
during
the
full
week
take-‐over
led
by
the
Young
Lords
with
the
Puerto
Rican
Community
and
other
Lincoln
Park
activists.
Linda
joined
the
People’s
Information
Center
which
like
the
Young
Lords
had
community
programs
modeled
after
the
Black
Panther
Survival
Programs
and
they
supported
the
Rainbow
Coalition.
She
describes
a
political
base
of
activists
being
formed
around
Halsted
from
Armitage
to
about
Lincoln
Avenue.
Linda
would
help
design
flyers
for
Chairman
Fred
Hampton,
sold
the
Panther
newspapers,
but
most
important
she
transcribed
depositions
of
Red
Squad
spies
for
the
People’s
Law
Office
while
they
were
being
prosecuted,
and
she
said
that
she
was
able
to
witness
many
of
the
infiltrators
who
she
had
thought
were
activists
but
were
in
fact
paid
spies.
�
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Young Lords in Lincoln Park Collection
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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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Spanish language Title entry
Linda Turner vídeo entrevista y biografía
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Historia oral de Linda Turner, entrevistado por José 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez el 23/10/2016 acerca de los Young Lords en Lincoln Park.
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Young Lords (Organización)
Puertorriqueños--Estados Unidos
Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos--Historia
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Narrativas personales
Justicia social
Activistas comunitarios--Illinois--Chicago
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Linda Turner video interview and biography
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Turner, Linda
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Oral history of Linda Turner, interviewed by Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez about the Young Lords in Lincoln Park.
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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.)
Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
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eng
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Young
L ords
In
Lincoln
Park
Interviewee:
Rainbow
Coalition
Interviewers:
Jose
Jimenez
Location:
Grand
Valley
State
University
Special
Collections
Date:
10/23/2016
Runtime:
01:48:03
Biography
and
Description
The
Black
Panther
Party
for
Self
Defense,
founded
by
Bobby
Seale
and
Huey
P.
Newton
celebrated
their
50th
Anniversary
on
October
20-‐23
2016
in
the
Oakland
California
Museum.
Primary
organizers
in
the
Host
Committee
included:
Clark
Bailey,
Erica
Huggins,
Emory
Douglas,
Aaron
Dixon
and
Black
Panther
Party
Chairwoman
Elaine
Brown.
One
of
the
primary
events
of
the
conference
and
gala
was
a
panel
discussion
about
the
original
Rainbow
Coalition
begun
by
Illinois
Chapter
Chairman
Fred
Hampton.
The
moderator
was
Aaron
Dixon
and
panelists
included
founder
of
the
Young
Lords
Movement,
Jose
(Cha-‐Cha)
Jimenez;
Stan
McKinney
of
the
Illinois
BPP;
Co-‐
founder
of
the
Young
Patriots
Organization,
Hy
Thurman;
a
leader
of
the
Palestinian
Hamas
Bos
Campaign,
Dr.
Rabab
Abdulhadi;
Pam
of
the
Asian
American
Alliance
and
the
Red
Guard;
Professor
Harvey
of
the
I
Wor
Kuen;
and
Lenny
Foster
of
the
Navajo
Nation
and
the
American
Indian
Movement
(A.I.M.).
�Cha-‐Cha
Jimenez
discusses
the
origins
of
the
Rainbow
Coalition
and
the
first
time
the
Young
Lords
met
Fred
Hampton
in
February
1969
right
after
the
Lords
non
-‐
violently
occupied
a
police
community
workshop
meeting.
He
discusses
the
dual
struggles
of
Puerto
Ricans:
civil
rights
in
the
barrios,
and
human
rights
for
the
Puerto
Rican
Nation.
Stan
McKinney
discusses
CointelPro
and
its
use
of
gangs
describing
how
one
gang
was
shooting
in
the
projects
at
children
attending
the
BPP
Breakfast
for
Children
Program.
He
also
describes
the
charisma
of
Fred
Hampton
to
be
able
to
work
with
at
risk
youth
and
details
Fred’s
plotted
murder
by
the
FBI
CointelPro
and
State’s
Attorney
Hanrahan.
Hy
Thurman
discusses
the
origins
of
the
Young
Patriots
Organization
and
its
split
up
when
some
of
them
became
the
Young
Patriots
Party.
He
explains
that
the
organization
wanted
to
keep
the
organizing
focused
on
the
neighborhoods
and
explains
that
they
did
wear
the
confederate
flag
when
they
walked
into
the
bars
of
Uptown,
Chicago
but
it
most
Southern
Whites
did
not
realize
what
it
represented.
It
became
a
tool
for
discussing
racism
and
organizing
in
their
community.
Rabab
Abdulhadi
explained
that
she
grew
up
under
the
Israeli
Occupation
and
that
Palestinian
boys
would
sometimes
use
sexist
remarks
and
gestures
at
the
women
but
it
could
be
easily
resolved
by
telling
their
fathers
and
families.
However,
if
an
Israeli
soldier
would
attack
a
Palestinian
woman
the
woman
she
would
have
to
remain
silent
for
fear
that
it
would
jeopardize
the
lives
of
their
Palestinian
relatives.
She
explained
the
love
of
Palestinians
for
Mohammad
Ali
or
Cassius
Clay
and
said
that
her
parents
said
that
Angela
Davis
was
framed,
“the
proof,”
they
said
is,
“racism.”
Professor
Harvey,
is
a
lecturer
at
UC
Berkeley
and
recalls
being
part
of
the
I
Wor
Kuen
and
also
going
to
the
Black
Panther
office
in
Oakland
to
create
flyers
because
they
had
no
office
or
supplies.
He
participated
in
petition
drives
as
a
form
of
protest
and
says
that
it
was
a
duty
not
remain
silent
while
negativity
is
everywhere,
“things
get
worst”
she
said.
Pam
of
the
Asian
American
Alliance
and
the
Red
Guard
explained
how
her
Grandfather
left
China
to
work
on
the
construction
of
the
Panama
Canal
and
never
returned.
She
said
that
the
Red
Guard
started
a
Breakfast
for
Children
program
near
Jackson
Street,
in
San
Francisco’s
China
Town.
They
were
proud
of
Richard
Aoki
who
was
Chinese
and
a
Field
Marshall
for
the
original
Black
Panthers.
She
also
stated
that
they
were
Chinese
and
Chinatown
was
Chinese
but
it
took
the
Black
Panther
Party
to
teach
them
about
the
Red
Book
of
Mao
Tse
Tung.
Lenny
Foster
began
thanking
everyone
proudly
speaking
in
his
Navajo
language
because
that
is
what
he
spoke
growing
up.
During
World
War
II
Navajo
US
veterans
were
called
code
talkers
because
they
could
infiltrate
the
Japanese
and
speak
in
their
native
tongue
without
being
detected.
His
dad
was
also
a
U.S.
Marine
radio
operator.
When
Lenny
attended
Arizona
Western
College
he
joined
their
baseball
team
and
was
pretty
good.
He
said
then,
“
he
realized
he
did
not
have
any
money.”
On
a
trip
to
Denver,
Colorado
he
met
the
leaders
of
the
American
Indian
Movement
(A.I.M.).
He
asked
the
panel
to
help
him
try
to
get
the
Cleveland
Indians
to
stop
using
their
current
mascot
which
insults
Native
Americans.
�
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Young Lords in Lincoln Park Collection
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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.
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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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spa
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Título
Spanish language Title entry
Rainbow Coalition Panel, 23 de octubre de 2016 (Oakland California Museum)
Descripción
Spanish language Description entry
Panel de discusión sobre la Coalición de Arco iris original iniciada por el presidente del Capítulo de Illinois, Fred Hampton. El moderador fue Aaron Dixon y los panelistas incluidos el fundador del Movimiento de los Jóvenes, José (Cha - Cha) Jiménez
Stan McKinney del BPP de Illinois
Co - fundador de la Organización de Jóvenes Patriotas, Hy Thurman
Un líder de la Campaña Hamas Bos Palestina, el Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi
Pam de la Alianza Asiática Americana y la Guardia Roja
Profesor Harvey del I Wor Kuen
Y Lenny Foster de la Nación Navajo y el Movimiento Indígena Americano (A.I.M.).
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
Source
<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/491">Young Lords in Lincoln Park (RHC-65)</a>
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Rainbow Coalition Panel, October 23rd, 2016 (Oakland California Museum)
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Rainbow Coalition
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Panel discussion about the original Rainbow Coalition begun by Illinois Chapter Chairman Fred Hampton. The moderator was Aaron Dixon and panelists included founder of the Young Lords Movement, Jose (Cha-?Cha) Jimenez; Stan McKinney of the Illinois BPP; Co-? founder of the Young Patriots Organization, Hy Thurman; a leader of the Palestinian Hamas Bos Campaign, Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi; Pam of the Asian American Alliance and the Red Guard; Professor Harvey of the I Wor Kuen; and Lenny Foster of the Navajo Nation and the American Indian Movement (A.I.M.).
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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 conditions
Race relations
Social conflict
Cultural identity
Black Panther Party. Illinois Chapter
Language
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eng
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Young
L ords
In
Lincoln
Park
Interviewee:
Roger
Sheppard
Interviewers:
Jose
Jimenez
Location:
Grand
Valley
State
University
Special
Collections
Date:
10/4/2016
Runtime:
01:39:03
Biography
and
Description
Oral
history
of
Roger
Sheppard,
interviewed
by
Jose
“Cha-‐Cha”
Jimenez
on
October
04,
2016
about
the
Young
Lords
in
Lincoln
Park.
Roger
is
a
twin
brother
and
they
were
born
August
8,
1941.
His
mother
came
from
Holland
and
his
father
from
Ireland.
He
was
raised
Baptist
but
baptized
in
the
Christian
Reform
Church.
In
1960,
he
joined
the
Young
Socialist
Alliance
working
to
fight
against
segregation,
by
teaching
and
organizing
White
college
students.
While
young
he
and
his
brother
created
their
own
business
by
buying
newspapers
for
a
nickel
and
then
selling
them
for
six
cents.
They
lived
in
what
was
then
suburban,
Sun
Down
Towns
which
he
said
meant
that
if
you
were
Black
or
Latino,
you
could
not
be
seen
in
the
town
after
dark.
�Roger
has
worked
for
the
IBEW
or
International
Brotherhood
of
Electrical
Engineers
for
over
50
years.
In
1963
he
recalls
marching
with
Martin
Luther
King
in
Chicago
where
he
says
they
chanted,
“to
end
Jim
Crow
Daley
has
got
to
go.”
He
also
met
and
spoke
with
Malcolm
X
and
remembers
Stokeley
Carmichael
on
the
same
stage
with
Bernadette
Devlin
of
Ireland.
He
worked
alongside
SNCC
or
Student
Non–Violent
Coordinating
Committee.
In
1969
he
was
introduced
to
Cha-‐Cha
Jimenez
by
Puerto
Rico
MPI
leader,
Richard
Levins
just
before
the
police
arrested
Jimenez
and
recalls
how
the
Young
Lords
raised
$2500
on
the
spot
to
get
him
bonded
out.
He
said
that
the
Young
Lords
were
about
love
and
caring
and
deadly
serious
about
“consciousness
raising.”
They
had
the
people
with
them.
Roger
himself
was
harassed
and
arrested
many
times
for
protests.
He
is
well
read
and
proactive
in
international
struggle.
�
https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/781ddc4e7fde4fd10fb7d97d16ea53a2.mp4
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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
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Jiménez, José, 1948-
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/491">Young Lords in Lincoln Park collection (RHC-65)</a>
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2017-04-25
Rights
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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a>
Format
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video/mp4
application/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
eng
spa
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Moving Image
Text
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
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
Roger Sheppard vídeo entrevista y biografía
Descripción
Spanish language Description entry
Historia oral de Roger Sheppard, entrevistado por José 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez el 23/10/2016 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.)
Narrativas personales
Justicia social
Activistas comunitarios--Illinois--Chicago
Source
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Oral history of Roger Sheppard, interviewed by Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez on October 23, 2016 about the Young Lords in Lincoln Park.
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
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Young Lords (Organization)
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Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Personal narratives
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Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
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Young
L ords
In
Lincoln
Park
Interviewee:
Lenny
Foster
Interviewers:
Jose
Jimenez
Location:
Grand
Valley
State
University
Special
Collections
Date:
10/4/2016
Runtime:
01:13:41
Biography
and
Description
Oral
history
of
Lenny
Foster,
interviewed
by
Jose
“Cha-‐Cha”
Jimenez
on
October
04,
2016
about
the
Young
Lords
in
Lincoln
Park.
Lenny
Foster
grew
up
speaking
his
native
Navajo
language
with
his
parents
as
a
sheep
herder
on
a
farm
in
the
reservation.
During
World
War
II,
Navajo
US
veterans
were
called
code
talkers
because
they
could
infiltrate
the
Japanese
and
speak
in
their
native
tongue
without
being
detected.
His
dad
was
also
a
U.S.
Marine
radio
operator.
When
Lenny
attended
Arizona
Western
College
he
joined
their
baseball
team
and
played
well.
He
said
then
is
when,
“he
realized
he
did
not
have
any
money.”
In
1981,
he
attended
graduate
school
at
Arizona
State
University.
He
was
asked
to
meet
with
Native
Americans
at
a
prison
because
he
is
a
Sun
Dancer
or
spiritual
leader.
“Preach
and
Teach”
he
figured
out
is
what
he
should
do.
For
over
30
years
he
has
traveled
inside
the
prisons
to
teach
traditional
�practices
such
as
the
passing
of
the
eagle
feather
in
the
Talking
Circle,”
smoking
of
the
sacred
Tobacco
Pipe
and
the
Sweat
Lodge
Ceremony.
For
ten
years
he
was
director
of
a
community
center
and
has
lobbied
senators
and
representatives
creating
legislation
and
implementing
policies.
He
saw
his
job
as
“creating
awareness”
among
prison
officials
and
inmates
and
states
that
99
%
of
Native
American
prisoners
suffer
from
alcoholism
or
substance
abuse.
Therefore
traditional
healing
is
not
only
their
culture
but
also
has
healing
powers.
It
is
the
same
as
any
other
religion
form
other
countries.
Personally,
he
feels
that
Native
Americans
in
prison
are
starving
to
learn
their
true
history
and
traditions
that
have
been
denied
them
in
the
public
schools
of
the
reservations.
There
he
said,
“they
teach
only
about
Dick
and
Jane
and
Christopher
Columbus
discovering
our
land.”
He
has
worked
on
law
suits
to
protect
Native
American
First
Amendment
rights.
On
a
trip
to
Denver,
Colorado
he
met
the
leaders
of
the
American
Indian
Movement
(A.I.M.),
which
were
part
of
the
Rainbow
Coalition
of
the
Black
Panthers,
Young
Patriots
and
Young
Lords.
In
1973,
he
and
others
endured
71
days
of
daily
heavy
gunfire
from
both
sides
with
federal
officers
at
Wounded
Knee.
For
over
40
years,
he
has
been
Leonard
Peltier’s
spiritual
leader
and
has
traveled
to
France
to
receive
a
human
rights
award
from
Frantz
Fanon’s
daughter’s
foundation,
on
behalf
of
Leonard
Peltier.
Today
his
daughter
and
grandson
are
at
Standing
Rock
supporting
that
occupation.
He
was
also
a
good
friend
of
Richard
Oakes
who
he
said
was
a
Mohawk
from
the
east
coast,
attending
school
at
San
Francisco
State.
Richard
organized
students
and
members
of
various
tribes
to
take
over
an
abandoned
Alcatraz
Island
on
November
20,
1969.
According
to
treaties
any
abandoned
federal
land
was
to
revert
back
to
Native
Americans.
He
said
that
Richard
Oake’s
daughter
had
been
killed
during
the
occupation.
Cha-‐Cha
Jimenez
explained
that
it
occurred
on
the
transport
barge
on
Thanksgiving
Day
when
someone
bumped
the
mother
and
the
baby
fell
into
the
ocean.
He
and
another
Young
Lord,
Cano
Miller
and
others
were
special
guests
during
a
large
Thanksgiving
event
on
the
recently
Alcatraz
Take-‐over.
The
Young
Lords
and
Cha
–
Cha
were
on
a
speaking
tour
in
California
to
raise
funds
for
the
organization.
Several
witnessed
the
drowning
and
several
dived
into
the
ocean
but
could
not
recover
the
body.
Lenny
said
that
Richard
Oakes
left
the
occupation
feeling
this
as
a
bad
omen,
only
to
be
killed
later
by
“a
forest
ranger.”
�
https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/f5108cf98a873e27b682668c6f6cb418.mp4
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Young Lords in Lincoln Park Collection
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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.
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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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spa
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Título
Spanish language Title entry
Lenny Foster vídeo entrevista y biografía
Descripción
Spanish language Description entry
Historia oral de Lenny Foster, entrevistado por José 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez el 23/10/2016 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.)
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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Lenny Foster video interview and biography
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Foster, Lenny
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Oral history of Lenny Foster, interviewed by Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez on 10/23/2016 about the Young Lords in Lincoln Park.
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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.)
Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
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eng
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-
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Young
L ords
In
Lincoln
Park
Interviewee:
Lawrence
Reyes
Interviewers:
Jose
Jimenez
Location:
Grand
Valley
State
University
Special
Collections
Date:
10/4/2016
Runtime:
00:45:41
Biography
and
Description
Oral
history
of
Lawrence
Reyes,
interviewed
by
Jose
“Cha-‐Cha”
Jimenez
on
October
04,
2016
about
the
Young
Lords
in
Lincoln
Park.
Lawrence
was
born
on
July
7,
1958
at
St.
Vincent
Hospital
in
New
York
City’s
Village
area.
The
family
soon
moved
to
El
Barrio
around
122nd
and
Amsterdam
which
was
primarily
Puerto
Rican.
He
is
one
of
12
siblings
including
his
U.S.
veteran
brother,
Junior
who
was
also
a
member
of
the
Young
Lords.
His
father
was
a
store
manager
in
downtown
Manhattan
and
his
mother
worked
as
a
janitor.
The
environment
of
El
Barrio
was
gang
and
drug
infested
and
Lawrence
dropped
out
of
9th
grade
at
John
Jay
Dewey
High
School
and
eventually
became
addicted
to
hard
drugs
going
in
and
out
of
prison,
including
a
robbery.
He
states
that
it
was
a
hopeless
case
for
him
until
his
involvement
with
the
Young
Lords.
Today
he
has
been
“clean”
34
years
and
has
worked
for
county
and
state
governments,
as
a
substance
abuse
counselor.
�Lawrence
states
that
his
father
was
a
“Puerto
Rican
Republican.”
His
mother
was
the
complete
opposite
and
she
taught
the
children
Puerto
Rican
history
and
about
Don
Pedro
Albizu
Campos
and
the
Nacionalistas.
His
sister
Hilda
Morales
later,
was
a
part
of
the
Young
Lords
central
committee
in
New
York.
The
last
action
he
remembers
was
when
the
city
was
leading
the
New
York
Puerto
Rican
parade
and
the
people
and
Young
Lords
reacted
and
fought
the
police.
He
is
joined
in
the
oral
history
with
co-‐activists
Jorge
Luis
Rivera
and
Adam
Rice
who
are
proactive
with
him
in
Los
Angeles.
�
https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/4abe640c96a56cfea3a05e7a94e6d6cc.mp4
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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>
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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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spa
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2012-2017
Oral History
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Título
Spanish language Title entry
Lawrence Reyes vídeo entrevista y biografía
Descripción
Spanish language Description entry
Historia oral de Lawrence Reyes, entrevistado por José 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez el 23/10/2016 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.)
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_Reyes_Lawrence
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Lawrence Reyes video interview and biography
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Reyes, Lawrence
Description
An account of the resource
Oral history of Lawrence Reyes, interviewed by Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez on 10/23/2016 about the Young Lords in Lincoln Park.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Jiménez, José, 1948-
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
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.)
Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Language
A language of the resource
eng
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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a>
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Text
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2016-10-23
-
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Young
L ords
In
Lincoln
Park
Interviewee:
Minerva
Solla
Interviewers:
Jose
Jimenez
Location:
Grand
Valley
State
University
Special
Collections
Date:
10/4/2016
Runtime:
00:41:11
Biography
and
Description
Oral
history
of
Minerva
Solla,
interviewed
by
Jose
“Cha-‐Cha”
Jimenez
on
October
04,
2016
about
the
Young
Lords
in
Lincoln
Park.
She
was
born
in
New
York
City
and
raised
in
the
West
Side
of
Manhattan
in
the
Chelsea
area
around
17th
Street
and
8th
Avenue
near
the
17th
Street
Park.
The
projects
were
primarily
Puerto
Rican
and
Black
but
it
was
always
in
conflict
with
the
Sicilian
Italians
and
the
Irish
of
the
Village
neighborhood...
There
were
some
youth
who
were
members
of
the
Assassins
gang
and
when
things
got
rough
they
would
travel
to
Upper
Manhattan
and
bring
back
more
Assassins
to
help
protect
the
people
of
their
neighborhood,
mostly
with
baseball
bats,
chains
and
knives.
�Minerva
grew
up
in
NYC
with
the
younger
Cuevas
family
kids
and
remembers
traveling
back
and
forth
to
Puerto
Rico
where
she
lived
during
her
teenage
years
and
is
the
home
of
most
of
her
relatives.
In
Puerto
Rico
she
lived
in
the
barrio
or
neighborhood
of
Collores
of
the
town
of
Juana
Diaz
not
far
from
Villalba.
She
visited
with
her
Grandmother,
Antonia
Pacheco,
a
retired
school
teacher
from
the
University
of
Puerto
Rico.
Her
mother
Aida
Hernandez
Garcia
was
born
in
Villalba,
a
country
and
she
remembers
picking
up
fallen
avocados
off
the
ground
for
dinner.
Her
father
Edwin
Diaz
hailed
from
the
city
of
Santurce
and
Minerva
recalls
always
visiting
the
post
office
with
her
Grandfather
where
a
few
of
her
uncles
worked.
She
is
one
of
three
sisters
from
her
mother’s
side,
and
another
sister
from
her
father’s
side.
Minerva’s
sister
was
proactive
in
the
community
and
she
joined
the
Young
Lords
in
New
York
in
1970,
right
after
they
split
from
Chicago
and
changed
their
name
from
YLO
to
YLP.
Her
family
did
not
want
her
involved
because
they
thought
it
was
a
gang.
However
she
says
that
it
was
in
the
Young
Lords
that
she
learned
her
history
and
felt
Puerto
Rico
in
her
heart,
even
though
she
was
born
in
New
York.
There
was
a
saying
in
Spanish
that
she
recalls:
Yo
no
naci
en
Puerto
Rico
pero
Puerto
Rico
nacio
en
mi.”
I
was
not
born
in
Puerto
Rico
but
Puerto
Rico
was
born
in
me.
�
https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/71ffb6a924b2b452af0e5c6f5e4a904d.mp4
0c99a5bb87e50b837edd5fa2c39810a7
Dublin Core
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Title
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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.
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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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2012-2017
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Título
Spanish language Title entry
Minerva Solla vídeo entrevista y biografía
Descripción
Spanish language Description entry
Historia oral de Minerva Solla, entrevistado por José 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez el 23/10/2016 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.)
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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Minerva Solla video interview and biography
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Solla, Minerva
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Oral history of Minerva Solla, interviewed by Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez on 10/23/2016 about the Young Lords in Lincoln Park.
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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.)
Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
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eng
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2016-10-23
-
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Young
L ords
In
Lincoln
Park
Interviewee:
Dennis
Cunningham
Interviewers:
Jose
Jimenez
Location:
Grand
Valley
State
University
Special
Collections
Date:
10/4/2016
Runtime:
01:16:40
Biography
and
Description
Oral
history
of
Dennis
Cunningham,
interviewed
by
Jose
“Cha-‐Cha”
Jimenez
on
October
04,
2016
about
the
Young
Lords
in
Lincoln
Park.
Dennis
co-‐founded
the
People’s
Law
Office
originally
located
in
Lincoln
Park,,
Chicago
at
2156
North
Halsted
Street.
These
were
movement
lawyers
who
began
working
with
the
Lawyer’s
Guild
at
the
1968
Democratic
convention
protests.
Later
they
took
on
court
cases
of
the
Panthers,
Young
Lords
and
New
Left.
In
1969,
the
People’s
Law
Offices
negotiated
for
the
Young
Lords
during
their
McCormick
Theological
Seminary
take-‐over
and
received
$25,000
in
seed
money
after
the
Young
Lords
won
all
of
their
demands.
It
included
$650,000
for
low
income
housing
investment
and
$50,000
to
open
up
two
free
health
clinics
In
1973
Dennis
moved
to
New
York
to
work
on
the
Attica
Prison
Riot
cases..
Here
he
discusses
a
major
case
of
the
People’s
Law
Office:
the
assassination
trial
of
Chairman
Fred
Hampton
of
the
Black
Panther
Party.
�Dennis
was
born
in
Chicago
in
the
suburbs.
At
age
15
he
studied
at
the
University
of
Chicago
and
went
to
work
as
a
journalist
and
then
a
bartender
for
Second
City
where
he
met
and
married
his
actress
wife,
Mona.
By
the
age
of
27
he
considered
himself
a
drop
out
from
society
and
went
with
Filmmaker
Howard
Alk
to
the
march
on
Washington
just
to
observe.
He
then
entered
law
School
at
Loyola
and
began
working
at
city
hall
for
Mayor
Richard
J.
Daley
in
human
relations,
on
Panic
Pedaling
cases.
Black
and
White
realtors
would
frighten
White
homeowners
into
selling
by
telling
them
that
Blacks
were
moving
in
and
it
would
lower
their
property
values.
He
soon
left
because
it
was
planned
and
a
smoke
screen
with
few
convictions.
When
the
riots
occurred
after
Martin
Luther
King
was
murdered,
Dennis
recalls
going
to
the
courthouse
and
jail
at
26th
and
California
and
witnessing,
“another
world.”
He
said
that
it
was
chaotic
with
inmates
living
outside
in
the
yard
and
that
it
literally
took
him
three
days
to
locate
a
prisoner
who
he
was
trying
to
bond
out.
The
police
were
“vindictive
and
dangerous,”
he
said.
He
remembers
marching
down
Division
with
Chairman
Fred
Hampton,
in
the
Young
Lords
Manuel
Ramos
March.
Manuel
was
killed
by
an
off
duty
policeman
and
the
march
was
10,000
strong.
An
unmarked
police
car
u-‐turned
and
drove
on
top
of
the
sidewalk,
staring
both
he
and
Fred
Hampton
down.
The
rest
of
the
oral
history
focuses
on
the
Hampton
Trial.
�
https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/011633603e869742d2aef4d2777f8c1e.mp4
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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>
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
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2017-04-25
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eng
spa
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Text
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RHC-65
Coverage
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2012-2017
Oral History
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Título
Spanish language Title entry
Dennis Cunningham vídeo entrevista y biografía
Descripción
Spanish language Description entry
Historia oral de Dennis Cunningham, entrevistado por José 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez el 23/10/2016 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.)
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_Cunningham_Dennis
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Dennis Cunningham video interview and biography
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Cunningham, Dennis
Description
An account of the resource
Oral history of Dennis Cunningham, interviewed by Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez on 10/23/2016 about the Young Lords in Lincoln Park.
Contributor
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
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.)
Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Language
A language of the resource
eng
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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a>
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2016-10-23
-
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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Estervina Jiménez Velez
Interviewers: José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 6/23/2012
Biography and Description
Although Estervina Jiménez has never lived in Chicago herself, her life has been deeply connected to the
city. Born and raised in Barrio San Salvador of Caguas, Puerto Rico, Ms. Jiménez’s husband, Cordero,
traveled back and forth to Chicago’s La Clark for work in the early 1950s. Many of her other family
members did the same, starting and sustaining the social clubs, congregations, businesses, and other
organizations that were at the core of Chicago’s Puerto Rican community. Ms. Jiménez also had several
uncles migrate to Detroit during that same period in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Through her
memories, it is clear that social clubs like the Hachas Viejas and other were a fundamental source of
support for separated families in a strange land. These organizations also provided a way to cope with
language and cultural challenges, segregated streets, and housing discrimination. Today, Ms. Jiménez
volunteers in her church in San Salvador, the Catholic capilla. She delivers communion to the sick and
visits and prays with them. She spends much time sitting on her porch with her husband, who is now in
poor health, talking with the travelers who walk down the small path in front of her home. When
someone dies in San Salvador, she makes herself available to assist in the traditional novena and helps
to lead and to pray the rosary for the nine days. If there is an event or program she also helps out. In
fact, she helps the priest whenever called upon and volunteers to daily to clean the church. Ms. Jiménez
�is a resource for the residents of San Salvador, especially in the Morena and Lao Frío sections of Caguas.
Ask anyone from San Salvador and they will also tell you that she is like the unofficial mayor.
�
https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/8d13342eb1b9b5e319d3a5e823c05fae.mp4
0228b954b73837dd43bda5ad893fff0a
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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
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Jiménez, José, 1948-
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<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
Type
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Moving Image
Text
Identifier
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RHC-65
Coverage
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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
Estervina Jiménez Velez 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
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_Velez_Estervina
Title
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Estervina Jiménez Velez video interview and biography
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Velez, Estervina
Description
An account of the resource
Although Estervina Jiménez has never lived in Chicago herself, her life has been deeply connected to the city. Born and raised in Barrio San Salvador of Caguas, Puerto Rico, Ms. Jiménez’s husband, Cordero, traveled back and forth to Chicago’s La Clark for work in the early 1950s. Many of her other family members did the same, starting and sustaining the social clubs, congregations, businesses, and other organizations that were at the core of Chicago’s Puerto Rican community. Ms. Jiménez also had several uncles migrate to Detroit during that same period in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Through her memories, it is clear that social clubs like the Hachas Viejas and other were a fundamental source of support for separated families in a strange land. These organizations also provided a way to cope with language and cultural challenges, segregated streets, and housing discrimination. Today, Ms. Jiménez volunteers in her church in San Salvador, the Catholic capilla. She delivers communion to the sick and visits and prays with them. She spends much time sitting on her porch with her husband, who is now in poor health, talking with the travelers who walk down the small path in front of her home. When someone dies in San Salvador, she makes herself available to assist in the traditional novena and helps to lead and to pray the rosary for the nine days. If there is an event or program she also helps out. In fact, she helps the priest whenever called upon and volunteers to daily to clean the church. Ms. Jiménez is a resource for the residents of San Salvador, especially in the Morena and Lao Frío sections of Caguas. Ask anyone from San Salvador and they will also tell you that she is like the unofficial mayor.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Jiménez, José, 1948-
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
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.)
Spanish language--Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Language
A language of the resource
spa
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<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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2012-06-23