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The Young Lords, a radical history, Johanna Fernández

Label
The Young Lords, a radical history, Johanna Fernández
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-453) and index
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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The Young Lords
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1119132643
Responsibility statement
Johanna Fernández
Sub title
a radical history
Summary
"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"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Beginnings : José "Cha Cha" Jiménez and the Roots of Rebellion -- Coming of Age in the 1960s : The Emergence of the New York Young Lords -- The Garbage Offensive -- Building Blocks -- Diseases of Poverty -- The Church Offensive : Prefiguring the New Society at the People's Church -- The Politics and Culture of the Young Lords Party -- The Politics of Race and Gender -- The Lincoln Offensive : Toward a Patient Bill of Rights -- A Second Occupation -- Organizational Decline -- Coda : Beware of Movements
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