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The Young Lords Speak: Building Revolution on the Streets of Chicago

by Laz

The Young Lords’ Chicago roots and wider organizing

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The Young Lords’ Chicago roots and wider organizing

Edited by Laz, this account traces the Young Lords’ development from a Chicago-based street gang into a revolutionary community organization active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The description highlights their use of building takeovers and mass education, and their campaigns against gentrification, poverty, racism, and police brutality. It also places the group in a broader political landscape: its Rainbow Coalition with Fred Hampton and the Black Panther Party, its expansion into Puerto Rican and Latino neighborhoods in New York City and elsewhere, and its demands for Puerto Rican self-determination. Together, these strands connect local community organizing with a wider movement for liberation.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Latino and Puerto Rican history in the United States.
  • Readers exploring community organizing and revolutionary movements of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
  • Readers interested in the Young Lords, the Black Panther Party, and coalition politics.

Themes

Community organizingPuerto Rican self-determinationCoalition politicsRacism and police brutalityGentrification and poverty

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Book overview

Rooted in a Chicago-based street gang, the Young Lords grew into one of the most dynamic revolutionary community organizations of the late 1960s and early '70s.

In their field jackets and signature purple berets, using militant tactics like building takeovers and mass education, the Young Lords mobilized their community for liberation and against gentrification, poverty, racism, and police brutality. Forging a Rainbow Coalition with Fred Hampton and the Black Panther Party, the Young Lords expanded from their Chicago headquarters into the Puerto Rican and Latino barrios of New York City and elsewhere, demanding an end to the US occupation of Puerto Rico and self-determination for oppressed communities everywhere.

With a foreword by founder Jos

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