José Jiménez Dies at 76; Turned a Gang Into a Voice for Puerto …
1 day ago · The Young Lords began in 1959 as a gang on Chicago’s Near North Side, a clutch of neighborhoods populated by recent Latino migrants. In 1968, Mr. Jiménez changed the name to the Young Lords ...
Young Lords - Wikipedia
The Young Lords[a] was a Chicago -based street gang that became a civil rights and human rights organization. [2][3] The group, most active in the late 1960s and 1970s, aimed to fight for neighborhood empowerment and self-determination for Puerto Rico, Latino, and colonized ("Third World") people. [4][5] Tactics used by the Young Lords include m...
Young Lords | Chicago, History, & Black Panthers | Britannica
Jan 15, 2025 · Young Lords, street gang formed by Puerto Ricans in Chicago that evolved into a diverse revolutionary civil rights group active during the 1960s and ’70s. Its platform included Puerto Rican independence, freedom of political prisoners, and withdrawal of military troops from Puerto Rico, Vietnam, and other areas.
José Jiménez (activist) - Wikipedia
José Jiménez (August 8, 1948 – January 10, 2025), nicknamed Cha Cha, was a Puerto Rican-American political activist and the founder of the Young Lords, a Chicago-based street gang that became a civil and human rights organization.
José "Cha Cha" Jiménez, who turned Chicago's Young Lords gang …
Jan 12, 2025 · CHICAGO (CBS) -- Longtime Chicago activist and organizer José "Cha Cha" Jiménez, who transformed the Young Lords from a Lincoln Park neighborhood street gang into a civil and human rights...
The Young Lords of Lincoln Park | Chicago Stories
There was a time, from the late 1940s through the 1960s, when the now-upscale Lincoln Park neighborhood served as the beating heart of Chicago’s huge Puerto Rican community, and the base of operations for a band of Puerto Rican revolutionaries known as the Young Lords.
José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez, Human Rights Activist and Former Chair of Young …
5 days ago · José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a human rights activist who co-founded the Rainbow Coalition and served as chairperson of the Young Lords organization, died Friday. He was 76. Mr. Jiménez spent much of the late 1960s and early 1970s fighting gentrification in Lincoln Park, allying with other organizations in Chicago to uplift minority and low-income communities, and rallying for an independent ...
New ‘Chicago Stories’ Documentary Traces History of The Young Lords …
Oct 11, 2024 · The Young Lords of Lincoln Park went from a street gang to revolutionaries focused on supporting their community. The group became the Puerto Rican counterpart of the Black Panther Party, acting as the first Latino youth resistance movement of the 1960s as they fought against gentrification.
Prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader José “Cha Cha ... - Yahoo
Jan 14, 2025 · José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and co-founder of the Rainbow Coalition has died. Jiménez in the ...
Chicago Stories | The Young Lords of Lincoln Park | Season 4
Oct 11, 2024 · Your tax-deductible donation helps make it all possible. Discover the little-known story of the Young Lords and its founder, José "Cha-Cha" Jiménez.