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The Young Lords : a reader /

The Young Lords, who originated as a Chicago street gang fighting gentrification and unfair evictions in Puerto Rican neighborhoods, burgeoned into a national political movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s, with headquarters in New York City and other centers in Philadelphia, Boston, Los Angel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Enck-Wanzer, Darrel (Editor ), Morales, Iris (Autor de introducción, etc.), Oliver, Denise (Autor de introducción, etc.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2010]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The Young Lords, who originated as a Chicago street gang fighting gentrification and unfair evictions in Puerto Rican neighborhoods, burgeoned into a national political movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s, with headquarters in New York City and other centers in Philadelphia, Boston, Los Angeles, and elsewhere in the northeast and southern California. Part of the original Rainbow Coalition with the Black Panthers and Young Patriots, the politically radical Puerto Ricans who constituted the Young Lords instituted programs for political, social, and cultural change within the communities in which they operated. The Young Lords offers readers the opportunity to learn about this vibrant organization through their own words and images, collecting an array of their essays, journalism, photographs, speeches, and pamphlets. Organized topically and thematically, this volume highlights the Young Lords OCO diverse and inventive activism around issues such as education, health care, gentrification, police injustice and gender equality, as well as self-determination for Puerto Rico. In recovering these rare written and visual materials, Darrel Enck-Wanzer has given voice to the lost chorus of the Young Lords, while providing an indispensable resource for students, scholars, activists, and others interested in learning about this influential grassroots OC street political OCO organization."
Notas:Editorial.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 253 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-246) and index.
ISBN:9780814722930
0814722938
9780814722732
0814722733