The Young Lords : A Radical History /

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"Against the backdrop of America's escalating urban rebellions in the 1960s, an unexpected cohort of New York radicals unleashed a series of urban guerrilla actions against the city's racist policies and contempt for the poor. Their dramatic flair, uncompromising vision, and skillful...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fernández, Johanna, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Young Lords (Organization)
Young Lords (Organization) > History.
Social conditions.
Puerto Ricans > Social conditions.
Puerto Ricans > Politics and government.
Puerto Ricans > Civil rights.
Political activists.
International relations > Public opinion.
Ethnic relations.
Community activists.
Civil rights movements.
HISTORY > United States > 20th century.
Portoricains > New York (État) > New York > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Portoricains > Droits > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Activistes > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Puerto Ricans > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Puerto Ricans > Civil rights > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Political activists > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Community activists > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Puerto Ricans > New York (State) > New York > Politics and government > 20th century.
United States.
Puerto Rico.
New York (State) > New York.
United States > Relations > Puerto Rico > Public opinion.
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Ethnic relations > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Against the backdrop of America's escalating urban rebellions in the 1960s, an unexpected cohort of New York radicals unleashed a series of urban guerrilla actions against the city's racist policies and contempt for the poor. Their dramatic flair, uncompromising vision, and skillful ability to link local problems to international crises riveted the media, alarmed New York's political class, and challenged nationwide perceptions of civil rights and black power protest. The group called itself the Young Lords. [The author] utiliz[es] oral histories, archival records, and an enormous cache of police records released only after a decade-long Freedom of Information Law request and subsequent court battle ... [for this] account of the Young Lords, from their roots as a street gang to their rise and fall as a political organization"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (480 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469653464

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