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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Erica Huggins
Interviewer: Jose Jimenez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 3/13/2013
Runtime: 01:24:45
Biography and Description
Oral history of Erica Huggins, interviewed by Jose “Cha-Cha” Jimenez on March 13, 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.
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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
Erica Huggins vídeo entrevista y biografía
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La historia oral de Erica Huggins, entrevistado por Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez el 3/13/2013 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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Erica Huggins video interview and biography
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Huggins, Erica
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An account of the resource
Oral history of Erica Huggins, interviewed by Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez, on 3/13/2013 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: Michael Gaylord James
Interviewers: José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 7/14/2012
Biography and Description
A resident of Chicago’s Roger’s Park neighborhood, Mike James was the first leader of Rising Up Angry, a
white, working-class group formed in the late 1960s and early 1970s that sought to organize residents of
Lakeview/Uptown and offer a range of free or low cost services to the community including a free legal
clinic, free health service, a women’s discussion group, occasional free pet-care clinic, and a variety of
community events. The group also published a newspaper, the only underground newspaper aimed
specifically at white, blue-collar greaser youth in Chicago at that time. The paper presented a
combination of international news with news from local Chicago neighborhoods. Rising Up Angry
members were also known for their distinctive way of dressing – dark banlon shirts, leather jackets,
baggy pants, and pointed toe shoes. The group modeled its efforts off community-based programs run
by the Black Panther Party, Young Patriots and Young Lords. They also sought to convince white,
working-class youth not to fight with other rival groups but to unite with the Panthers, Young Lords, and
others to fight racism, injustice, and the forced displacement of poor and working-class families from
their homes in Uptown, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, and the other near downtown and lakefront areas of
Chicago. The organization lasted until 1975. Today, Mr. James owns and operates, a theatre, a journal, a
general store and the Heartland Café in Chicago’s Rogers Park Neighborhood and features a progressive
Saturday morning live Radio Program on WLUW 88.7 FM.
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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.
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
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<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/491">Young Lords in Lincoln Park collection (RHC-65)</a>
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
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2017-04-25
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eng
spa
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2012-2017
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Título
Spanish language Title entry
Michael Gaylord James vídeo entrevista y biografía
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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Michael Gaylord James video interview and biography
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James, Michael
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A resident of Chicago’s Roger’s Park neighborhood, Mike James was the first leader of Rising Up Angry, a white, working-class group formed in the late 1960s and early 1970s that sought to organize residents of Lakeview/Uptown and offer a range of free or low cost services to the community including a free legal clinic, free health service, a women’s discussion group, occasional free pet-care clinic, and a variety of community events. The group also published a newspaper, the only underground newspaper aimed specifically at white, blue-collar greaser youth in Chicago at that time. The paper presented a combination of international news with news from local Chicago neighborhoods. Rising Up Angry members were also known for their distinctive way of dressing – dark banlon shirts, leather jackets, baggy pants, and pointed toe shoes.
Contributor
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
Publisher
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Subject
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Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
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eng
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2012-07-04
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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
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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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
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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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.
Contributor
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Jiménez, José , 1948-
Publisher
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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
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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application/pdf
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2012-06-22
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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
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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
Coverage
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2012-2017
Oral History
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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
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RHC-65_Jimenez_Benedicto
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Benedicto Jiménez video interview and biography
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Jiménez, Benedicto
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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
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.)
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
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spa
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Moving Image
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application/pdf
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2012-06-02
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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Daisy Jiménez
Interviewers: José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 5/16/2012
Biography and Description
English
Daisy Jiménez, or “La Prieta” as she was called by her father, is one of José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez’s sisters.
She was born on the seventh floor of what was the Water Hotel at Superior and La Salle Streets in
Chicago, where her family was then living. She grew up in La Clark between Ohio and North Ave., and
then in the Lincoln Park area where she helped her mother Eugenia go door to door recruiting Hispanos
for Spanish mass and praying rosaries for the Caballeros de San Juan and Damas de María.
After living on Claremont and North Ave. for several years the family moved to Aurora, Illinois. There
they joined up with grassroots leader Teo Arroyo, who was also from Barrio San Salvador of Caguas,
Puerto Rico and was organizing the first Puerto Rican Parade for that city. Daisy entered the contest for
Puerto Rican Parade Queen and won. She has raised four children and today lives in Camuy, Puerto Rico
with her husband, Israel Rodríguez.
Spanish
Daisy Jiménez o como la llamaba su padre, “La Prieta”, es una hermana de José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez.
Nació en el séptimo piso del Water Hotel en la calle Superior y La Salle Streets en Chicago, donde vivía
su familia. Creció en La Clark medio Ohio y North Ave. , y luego en Lincoln Park donde ayudo a su mama
�a reclutar gente para misa en Español y dando rosarios para los Caballeros de San Juan y Damas de
María.
Después de vivir en Claremont y North Ave. Por unos años, la familia se movió ah Aurora, Illinois. Aquí
conocieron a Teo Arroyo quien estaba organizando el primer desfilo Puertorriqueño en Aurora, y
también era de Barrio San Salvado de Caguas. Daisy entro la carrera para ser Reina del Desfilo
Puertorriqueño y gano. Ahora vive en Camuy, Puerto Rico con su esposo Israel Rodríguez y cuatro hijos.
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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.
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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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2012-2017
Oral History
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Título
Spanish language Title entry
Daisy Jiménez vídeo entrevista y biografía, entrevista 1
Descripción
Spanish language Description entry
Daisy Jiménez o como la llamaba su padre, “La Prieta”, es una hermana de José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez. Nació en el séptimo piso del Water Hotel en la calle Superior y La Salle Streets en Chicago, donde vivía su familia. Creció en La Clark medio Ohio y North Ave. , y luego en Lincoln Park donde ayudo a su mama a reclutar gente para misa en Español y dando rosarios para los Caballeros de San Juan y Damas de María. Después de vivir en Claremont y North Ave. Por unos años, la familia se movió ah Aurora, Illinois. Aquí conocieron a Teo Arroyo quien estaba organizando el primer desfilo Puertorriqueño en Aurora, y también era de Barrio San Salvado de Caguas. Daisy entro la carrera para ser Reina del Desfilo Puertorriqueño y gano. Ahora vive en Camuy, Puerto Rico con su esposo Israel Rodríguez y cuatro hijos.
Sujetos
Spanish language Subject terms
Young Lords (Organización)
Puertorriqueños--Estados Unidos
Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos--Historia
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Justicia social
Activistas comunitarios--Illinois--Chicago
Puertorriqueños--Relatos personales
Puertorriqueños--Illinois--Chicago--Vida social y costumbres
Religión
Source
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Daisy Jiménez video interview and biography, interview 1
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Jiménez, Daisy
Description
An account of the resource
Daisy Jiménez, or “La Prieta” as she was called by her father, is one of José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez’s sisters. She was born on the seventh floor of what was the Water Hotel at Superior and La Salle Streets in Chicago, where her family was then living. She grew up in La Clark between Ohio and North Ave., and then in the Lincoln Park area where she helped her mother Eugenia go door to door recruiting Hispanos for Spanish mass and praying rosaries for the Caballeros de San Juan and Damas de María. After living on Claremont and North Ave. for several years the family moved to Aurora, Illinois. There they joined up with grassroots leader Teo Arroyo, who was also from Barrio San Salvador of Caguas, Puerto Rico and was organizing the first Puerto Rican Parade for that city. Daisy entered the contest for Puerto Rican Parade Queen and won. She has raised four children and today lives in Camuy, Puerto Rico with her husband, Israel Rodríguez.
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.)
Puerto Ricans--Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Puerto Ricans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs
Religion
Language
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eng
Rights
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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a>
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Moving Image
Text
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application/pdf
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2012-05-16
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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Daisy Jiménez
Interviewers: José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 5/10/2012
Biography and Description
English
Daisy Jiménez, or “La Prieta” as she was called by her father, is one of José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez’s sisters.
She was born on the seventh floor of what was the Water Hotel at Superior and La Salle Streets in
Chicago, where her family was then living. She grew up in La Clark between Ohio and North Ave., and
then in the Lincoln Park area where she helped her mother Eugenia go door to door recruiting Hispanos
for Spanish mass and praying rosaries for the Caballeros de San Juan and Damas de María.
After living on Claremont and North Ave. for several years the family moved to Aurora, Illinois. There
they joined up with grassroots leader Teo Arroyo, who was also from Barrio San Salvador of Caguas,
Puerto Rico and was organizing the first Puerto Rican Parade for that city. Daisy entered the contest for
Puerto Rican Parade Queen and won. She has raised four children and today lives in Camuy, Puerto Rico
with her husband, Israel Rodríguez.
Spanish
Daisy Jiménez o como la llamaba su padre, “La Prieta”, es una hermana de José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez.
Nació en el séptimo piso del Water Hotel en la calle Superior y La Salle Streets en Chicago, donde vivía
su familia. Creció en La Clark medio Ohio y North Ave. , y luego en Lincoln Park donde ayudo a su mama
�a reclutar gente para misa en Español y dando rosarios para los Caballeros de San Juan y Damas de
María.
Después de vivir en Claremont y North Ave. Por unos años, la familia se movió ah Aurora, Illinois. Aquí
conocieron a Teo Arroyo quien estaba organizando el primer desfilo Puertorriqueño en Aurora, y
también era de Barrio San Salvado de Caguas. Daisy entro la carrera para ser Reina del Desfilo
Puertorriqueño y gano. Ahora vive en Camuy, Puerto Rico con su esposo Israel Rodríguez y cuatro hijos.
�
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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.
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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application/pdf
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eng
spa
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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
Daisy Jiménez vídeo entrevista y biografía, entrevista 2
Descripción
Spanish language Description entry
Daisy Jiménez o como la llamaba su padre, “La Prieta”, es una hermana de José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez. Nació en el séptimo piso del Water Hotel en la calle Superior y La Salle Streets en Chicago, donde vivía su familia. Creció en La Clark medio Ohio y North Ave. , y luego en Lincoln Park donde ayudo a su mama a reclutar gente para misa en Español y dando rosarios para los Caballeros de San Juan y Damas de María. Después de vivir en Claremont y North Ave. Por unos años, la familia se movió ah Aurora, Illinois. Aquí conocieron a Teo Arroyo quien estaba organizando el primer desfilo Puertorriqueño en Aurora, y también era de Barrio San Salvado de Caguas. Daisy entro la carrera para ser Reina del Desfilo Puertorriqueño y gano. Ahora vive en Camuy, Puerto Rico con su esposo Israel Rodríguez y cuatro hijos.
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
Puertorriqueños--Illinois--Chicago--Vida social y costumbres
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_Daisy_2
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Daisy Jiménez video interview and biography, interview 2
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Jiménez, Daisy
Description
An account of the resource
Daisy Jiménez, or “La Prieta” as she was called by her father, is one of José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez’s sisters. She was born on the seventh floor of what was the Water Hotel at Superior and La Salle Streets in Chicago, where her family was then living. She grew up in La Clark between Ohio and North Ave., and then in the Lincoln Park area where she helped her mother Eugenia go door to door recruiting Hispanos for Spanish mass and praying rosaries for the Caballeros de San Juan and Damas de María. After living on Claremont and North Ave. for several years the family moved to Aurora, Illinois. There they joined up with grassroots leader Teo Arroyo, who was also from Barrio San Salvador of Caguas, Puerto Rico and was organizing the first Puerto Rican Parade for that city. Daisy entered the contest for Puerto Rican Parade Queen and won. She has raised four children and today lives in Camuy, Puerto Rico with her husband, Israel Rodríguez.
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.)
Puerto Ricans--Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Puerto Ricans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Rights
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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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2012-05-10
-
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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Jose Jimenez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 3/15/2012
Runtime: 01:14:00
Biography and Description
Oral history and interview of Jose “Cha-Cha” Jimenez on March 15, 2012 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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Title
A name given to the resource
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
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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
Rights
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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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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
Jose Jimenez vídeo entrevista y biografía, entrevista 1
Descripción
Spanish language Description entry
La historia oral de Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez, entrevistado en 3/15/2012 sobre 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
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_Jose_1
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Jose Jimenez video interview and biography, interview 1
Creator
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Jimenez, Jose
Description
An account of the resource
Oral history of Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez, interviewed on 3/15/2012 about the Young Lords in Lincoln Park.
Contributor
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Jimenez, Jose, 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.)
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
A language of the resource
eng
Rights
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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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application/pdf
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2012-03-15
-
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PDF Text
Text
Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Jose Jimenez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 7/14/2012
Runtime: 00:28:27
Biography and Description
Oral history and interview of Jose “Cha-Cha” Jimenez on March 15, 2012 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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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
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
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>
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video/mp4
application/pdf
Language
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eng
spa
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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
Jose Jimenez vídeo entrevista y biografía, entrevista 2
Descripción
Spanish language Description entry
La historia oral de Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez, entrevistado en 7/14/2012 sobre 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
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_Jose_2
Title
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Jose Jimenez video interview and biography,interview 2
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Jimenez, Jose
Description
An account of the resource
Oral history of Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez, interviewed on 7/14/2012 about the Young Lords in Lincoln Park.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Jimenez, Jose, 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.)
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
A language of the resource
eng
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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2012-07-14
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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Juan Jiménez
Interviewers: José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 6/25/2012
Biography and Description
Juan Jiménez is the younger brother of Antonio “Maloco” Jiménez and currently lives in Barrio San
Salvador of Caguas, Puerto Rico, in the secluded road behind the tienda, or store, of the Trinidads. His
home is newly built and sits on cement blocks like stilts, carved right into the hill but sitting halfway on
air. It is difficult to turn your car around the dead end road as there are more hills to the other side. And
he has a beautiful view of the center of San Salvador’s Monte Peluche, a tall, rocky mountain covered
with vegetation. It is his section of paradise and what Mr. Jiménez worked for all his life when he lived in
Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, on La Armitage. Mr. Jiménez is content, still raising his collegeaged daughter. His son is a proud Illinois State trooper. Mr. Jiménez was part of Council Number 9 of
the Caballeros de San Juan and Damas de María at St. Teresa’s Church on Kenmore and Armitage. He
played well and was a proud member of their softball team. It instilled character in the players, kept the
community stable, and kept the youth away from hard drugs and off the streets. Each team had their
own chanting cheerleaders, coaches, and managers. It was also good for small entrepreneurs who sold
pasteles and pastelillos, rice and bean dinners, and T- shirts and flags and banners. The Catholic softball
leagues provided the Puerto Rican version of the college town football game for the entire Puerto Rican
family. It kept them united and parents knew at all times where they could find their children. It was a
cost effective, after school fun that today would have eliminated the few existing after school programs.
�And it was a true community program that did not have to be funded by the federal government or by
city hall. But the leagues and the Caballeros and the Damas were being weakened and destroyed by
discriminatory plans to “cleanse for profit” the lakefront and near downtown areas of Puerto Ricans,
other minorities and the poor. And along with their displacement and destruction of neighborhood
networks and the disenfranchisement of Puerto Rican and poor voters, breeding grounds for today’s
super gangs were created.
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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
Juan Jiménez 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.)
Puertorriqueños--Relatos personales
Justicia social
Activistas comunitarios--Illinois--Chicago
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Juan Jiménez video interview and biography
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Jiménez, Juan
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Juan Jiménez is the younger brother of Antonio “Maloco” Jiménez and currently lives in Barrio San Salvador of Caguas, Puerto Rico, in the secluded road behind the tienda, or store, of the Trinidads. His home is newly built and sits on cement blocks like stilts, carved right into the hill but sitting halfway on air. It is difficult to turn your car around the dead end road as there are more hills to the other side. And he has a beautiful view of the center of San Salvador’s Monte Peluche, a tall, rocky mountain covered with vegetation. It is his section of paradise and what Mr. Jiménez worked for all his life when he lived in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, on La Armitage. Mr. Jiménez is content, still raising his college-aged daughter. His son is a proud Illinois State trooper. Mr. Jiménez was part of Council Number 9 of the Caballeros de San Juan and Damas de María at St. Teresa’s Church on Kenmore and Armitage. He played well and was a proud member of their softball team. It instilled character in the players, kept the community stable, and kept the youth away from hard drugs and off the streets. Each team had their own chanting cheerleaders, coaches, and managers. It was also good for small entrepreneurs who sold pasteles and pastelillos, rice and bean dinners, and T- shirts and flags and banners. The Catholic softball leagues provided the Puerto Rican version of the college town football game for the entire Puerto Rican family. It kept them united and parents knew at all times where they could find their children. It was a cost effective, after school fun that today would have eliminated the few existing after school programs. And it was a true community program that did not have to be funded by the federal government or by city hall. But the leagues and the Caballeros and the Damas were being weakened and destroyed by discriminatory plans to “cleanse for profit” the lakefront and near downtown areas of Puerto Ricans, other minorities and the poor. And along with their displacement and destruction of neighborhood networks and the disenfranchisement of Puerto Rican and poor voters, breeding grounds for today’s super gangs were created.
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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.)
Spanish language--Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
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spa
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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Juana “Jenny” Jiménez
Interviewers: José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 5/10/2012
Biography and Description
English
Juana “Jenny” Jiménez is one of José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez’s sisters. She was born while her father,
Antonio, worked as a seasonal farm laborer, or tomatero, in the late 1940s for Andy Boy Farms at a
migrant camp in Minot, Massachusetts near Concord. They picked vegetables primarily for the Campbell
Soup Company. In 1951 the family moved to Chicago to be closer to other relatives who had been living
in La Clark since the late 1940s. Jenny grew up in Lincoln Park and in Wicker Park. When she became
pregnant, but was unmarried, she was placed temporarily in a juvenile home for girls run by Catholic
nuns. It is there that Jenny developed her spirituality and she remains very active in her community to
this day, including working on behalf of her husband’s baseball and bowling leagues and running a Boy
Scout troop to support her own and other neighborhood children in Puerto Rico. She now lives in
Camuy, Puerto Rico.
Spanish
Juana Jiménez es una hermana de José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez. Nació en Minot, Massachusetts cerca de
Concord donde su padre trabajo como tomatero para Andy Boy Farms en 1940. Aquí recogieron
vegetables para la compañía de Campbell Soup. En 1951 la familia se cambio a Chicago para acercarse
�con familiares que vivían en La Clark. Juana creció en Lincoln Park Wicker Park. Cuando se embarazo,
antes de tener esposo, la mandaron a una casa para mujeres jóvenes que era atendida por monjas
Católicas. Aquí es donde ella desarrollo su espirituelidad y todavía sigue muy dedicada en su comunida
igual que ayudando los equipos de Béisbol y boliche en que esta su esposo y corriendo el grupo de Boy
Scout para sus hijos y los del vecindario. Ahora vive en Camuy, Puerto Rico.
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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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eng
spa
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RHC-65
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2012-2017
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Título
Spanish language Title entry
Juana Jiménez vídeo entrevista y biografía
Descripción
Spanish language Description entry
Juana Jiménez es una hermana de José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez. Nació en Minot, Massachusetts cerca de Concord donde su padre trabajo como tomatero para Andy Boy Farms en 1940. Aquí recogieron vegetables para la compañía de Campbell Soup. En 1951 la familia se cambio a Chicago para acercarse con familiares que vivían en La Clark. Juana creció en Lincoln Park Wicker Park. Cuando se embarazo, antes de tener esposo, la mandaron a una casa para mujeres jóvenes que era atendida por monjas Católicas. Aquí es donde ella desarrollo su espirituelidad y todavía sigue muy dedicada en su comunida igual que ayudando los equipos de Béisbol y boliche en que esta su esposo y corriendo el grupo de Boy Scout para sus hijos y los del vecindario. Ahora vive en Camuy, Puerto Rico.
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
Puertorriqueños--Illinois--Chicago--Vida social y costumbres
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_Juana
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Juana “Jenny” Jiménez video interview and biography
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Jiménez, Juana
Description
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Juana “Jenny” Jiménez is one of José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez’s sisters. She was born while her father, Antonio, worked as a seasonal farm laborer, or tomatero, in the late 1940s for Andy Boy Farms at a migrant camp in Minot, Massachusetts near Concord. They picked vegetables primarily for the Campbell Soup Company. In 1951 the family moved to Chicago to be closer to other relatives who had been living in La Clark since the late 1940s. Jenny grew up in Lincoln Park and in Wicker Park. When she became pregnant, but was unmarried, she was placed temporarily in a juvenile home for girls run by Catholic nuns. It is there that Jenny developed her spirituality and she remains very active in her community to this day, including working on behalf of her husband’s baseball and bowling leagues and running a Boy Scout troop to support her own and other neighborhood children in Puerto Rico. She now lives in Camuy, Puerto Rico.
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.)
Puerto Ricans--Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Puerto Ricans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs
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eng
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2012-05-10
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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Marcelo Jiménez
Interviewers: José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 5/12/2012
Biography and Description
Marcelo Jiménez, or “Chelo,” is one of the younger sons of Cristina (Tino) and Gregorio Jiménez. Mr.
Jiménez grew up in San Salvador, Caguas, Puerto Rico and did work in that mountain barrio like the
others, laboring on different farms or helping to construct neighbors’ homes, and migrating back and
forth to the United States to work in fields, factories, and hotels. Mr. Jiménez also worked in a foundry
on Armitage Avenue by the Chicago River branch in Lincoln Park for many years. Back in Puerto Rico he
continued to help his father plow or turn the soil on the farm, using two bulls and a small plow. He also
hung tobacco to dry in the tall rancho that they made from the bamboo that grew next to the creek. The
creek served as the boundary of the farm in the 1940s through the 1980s when some of the plots were
sold by some of the family. Mr. Jiménez would load the produce in his truck, or a cow when money was
needed, and head to La Plaza Mercado in Caguas, near La Salida, or exit, to Aguas Buenas. When José
“Cha-Cha” Jiménez lived in Puerto Rico in 1963-64, he became Mr. Jiménez’s assistant in his cow feed
distribution business. Each morning they would fill up Mr. Jiménez truck with 100 lbs. bags of cow feed.
They would then drink their coffee with cow’s milk from the can, a few soda crackers and butter and
Tino and Don Goyo would wave them on. The two of them would leave in darkness and travel to nearly
every town on the Island, delivering and selling the bags of feed, and would not return until late. When
business was slow Mr. Jiménez and Cha-Cha would hang out with the Titeres de La Plaza, or the
�Huckleberry Finns clique, of San Salvador, sometimes even barefoot. The youth clique is centuries old.
No one is excluded. It is like a life passage that exists today in a varied fashion. There was rarely any
harm done. Everyone knew them, and then there was no police to bother them. But back In Chicago Mr.
Jiménez would sometimes hang out with his cousins of the Hacha Viejas. Most of the time they did the
same thing but in a rougher manner. In Chicago the neighborhood was unstable and transient. There
was prejudice and hunger (poverty). The culture in Chicago was “everyone for themselves,” as Mr.
Jiménez recalls. And then there was police intimidation and many times unnecessary arrests that served
to served as bragging points and hardened the group. For Mr. Jiménez, he was lucky to join with other
groups for support, like the Caballeros de San Juan. And most of the time he just worked long hours and
enjoyed his children and family. His relatives were also part of the Caballeros and Damas de María. He
became one of the first immigrants to Chicago during what some called the Great Migration of Puerto
Ricans, between 1950 and 1960. This was the era when Puerto Ricans were going back and forth from
Puerto Rico to Chicago. Mr. Jiménez built a mansion in San Salvador and today lives content in the town
of Caguas.
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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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<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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Text
Identifier
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RHC-65
Coverage
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2012-2017
Oral History
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Título
Spanish language Title entry
Marcelo 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
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_Jimenez_Marcelo
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Marcelo Jiménez video interview and biography
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Jiménez, Marcelo
Description
An account of the resource
Marcelo Jiménez, or “Chelo,” is one of the younger sons of Cristina (Tino) and Gregorio Jiménez. Mr. Jiménez grew up in San Salvador, Caguas, Puerto Rico and did work in that mountain barrio like the others, laboring on different farms or helping to construct neighbors’ homes, and migrating back and forth to the United States to work in fields, factories, and hotels. Mr. Jiménez also worked in a foundry on Armitage Avenue by the Chicago River branch in Lincoln Park for many years. Back in Puerto Rico he continued to help his father plow or turn the soil on the farm, using two bulls and a small plow. He also hung tobacco to dry in the tall rancho that they made from the bamboo that grew next to the creek. The creek served as the boundary of the farm in the 1940s through the 1980s when some of the plots were sold by some of the family. Mr. Jiménez would load the produce in his truck, or a cow when money was needed, and head to La Plaza Mercado in Caguas, near La Salida, or exit, to Aguas Buenas. When José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez lived in Puerto Rico in 1963-64, he became Mr. Jiménez’s assistant in his cow feed distribution business. Each morning they would fill up Mr. Jiménez truck with 100 lbs. bags of cow feed. They would then drink their coffee with cow’s milk from the can, a few soda crackers and butter and Tino and Don Goyo would wave them on. The two of them would leave in darkness and travel to nearly every town on the Island, delivering and selling the bags of feed, and would not return until late. When business was slow Mr. Jiménez and Cha-Cha would hang out with the Titeres de La Plaza, or the Huckleberry Finns clique, of San Salvador, sometimes even barefoot. The youth clique is centuries old. No one is excluded. It is like a life passage that exists today in a varied fashion. There was rarely any harm done. Everyone knew them, and then there was no police to bother them. But back In Chicago Mr. Jiménez would sometimes hang out with his cousins of the Hacha Viejas. Most of the time they did the same thing but in a rougher manner. In Chicago the neighborhood was unstable and transient. There was prejudice and hunger (poverty). The culture in Chicago was “everyone for themselves,” as Mr. Jiménez recalls. And then there was police intimidation and many times unnecessary arrests that served to served as bragging points and hardened the group. For Mr. Jiménez, he was lucky to join with other groups for support, like the Caballeros de San Juan. And most of the time he just worked long hours and enjoyed his children and family. His relatives were also part of the Caballeros and Damas de María. He became one of the first immigrants to Chicago during what some called the Great Migration of Puerto Ricans, between 1950 and 1960. This was the era when Puerto Ricans were going back and forth from Puerto Rico to Chicago. Mr. Jiménez built a mansion in San Salvador and today lives content in the town of Caguas.
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
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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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application/pdf
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2012-05-12
-
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Young Lords
In Lincoln Park
Interviewee: Melisa Jiménez
Interviewers: José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez
Location: Grand Valley State University Special Collections
Date: 7/15/2012
Biography and Description
Melisa Jiménez is the youngest daughter of Mr. José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez. Like his other children she was
not able to grow up with Mr. Jiménez. But she has always maintained a close relationship with him, even
though they live miles away from each other. Ms. Jiménez’s other siblings are Jackie, Jodie, Sonia, and
Alex. Ms. Jiménez lives not far from Mrs. Iberia Hampton, Fred Hampton’s mother, and they have
maintained a close personal relationship for many years. Ms. Jiménez was born in the Lincoln Park
neighborhood hospital, via the use of the La Maze childbirth method. Her father reminds her that he
was the first to hold her. Ms. Jiménez lived in Lincoln Park for the first years of her life until the rent
became unbearable for her mother. Only a couple of months after she was born, her father was
incarcerated for a year, awaiting trial because his bond was too far out of range for his income. He later
explained to her that he was doing, “volunteer work, supporting the Puerto Rican Freedom fighters.”
When Mr. Jiménez won the case, Ms. Jiménez was living in Logan Square and they were once again
united. This time Jackie, the oldest of Mr. Jiménez’s daughters from another relationship, moved in with
them briefly. Teenage Jackie had a young boyfriend who was extremely polite, but very persistent. So
Jackie’s mother, frustrated, dropped her off for Mr. Jiménez “to take responsibility and to take care of
her.” He gladly agreed. And It was a way for Melisa and Jackie to get to know each other. Each sibling
plays a role and Ms. Jiménez has played the role of sibling unifier in a world of divorce and separations.
�She graduated from Oak Park River Forest High School in 1998 and attended some college. She loves
photography and is an accomplished artist. Some of her jobs have included child care, marketing
research and mortgage broker sales.
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Dublin Core
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Title
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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-
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
Type
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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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Título
Spanish language Title entry
Melisa Jiménez vídeo entrevista y biografía, entrevista 1
Sujetos
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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_Jimenez_Melisa_1
Title
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Melisa Jiménez video interview and biography, interview 1
Creator
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Jiménez, Melisa
Description
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Melisa Jiménez is the youngest daughter of Mr. José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez. Like his other children she was not able to grow up with Mr. Jiménez. But she has always maintained a close relationship with him, even though they live miles away from each other. Ms. Jiménez’s other siblings are Jackie, Jodie, Sonia, and Alex. Ms. Jiménez lives not far from Mrs. Iberia Hampton, Fred Hampton’s mother, and they have maintained a close personal relationship for many years. Ms. Jiménez was born in the Lincoln Park neighborhood hospital, via the use of the La Maze childbirth method. Her father reminds her that he was the first to hold her. Ms. Jiménez lived in Lincoln Park for the first years of her life until the rent became unbearable for her mother. Only a couple of months after she was born, her father was incarcerated for a year, awaiting trial because his bond was too far out of range for his income. He later explained to her that he was doing, “volunteer work, supporting the Puerto Rican Freedom fighters.” When Mr. Jiménez won the case, Ms. Jiménez was living in Logan Square and they were once again united. This time Jackie, the oldest of Mr. Jiménez’s daughters from another relationship, moved in with them briefly. Teenage Jackie had a young boyfriend who was extremely polite, but very persistent. So Jackie’s mother, frustrated, dropped her off for Mr. Jiménez “to take responsibility and to take care of her.” He gladly agreed. And It was a way for Melisa and Jackie to get to know each other. Each sibling plays a role and Ms. Jiménez has played the role of sibling unifier in a world of divorce and separations. She graduated from Oak Park River Forest High School in 1998 and attended some college. She loves photography and is an accomplished artist. Some of her jobs have included child care, marketing research and mortgage broker sales.
Contributor
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
Publisher
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Subject
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Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Language
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eng
Rights
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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a>
Type
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Moving Image
Text
Format
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video/mp4
application/pdf
Date
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2012-07-15