The Young Lords : a reader / edited by Darrel Enck-Wanzer ; foreword by Iris Morales and Denise Oliver-Velez.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Enck-Wanzer, Darrel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Young Lords (Organization)--History--Sources.
• Puerto Ricans--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions--20th century--Sources.
• Puerto Ricans--New York (State)--New York--Politics and government--20th century--Sources.
• Puerto Ricans--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
• Political activists--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
• Readers.
• New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions--20th century--Sources.
• New York (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations--Sources.
• New York (N.Y.)--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 1960's and early 1970's, 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’ 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 “street political” organization.

Contents:

• Front matter
• Contents
• Foreword: Why Read the Young Lords Today?
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Toward Understanding the Young Lords
• 1. Young Lords Platform and Rules
• 2. The Ideology of the Young Lords Party
• 3. The Origins and History of the Young Lords
• 4. On History
• 5. On Education and Students
• 6. On Revolution, Nationalism, and Revolutionary Nationalism
• 7. On Women in the Revolution
• 8. The Garbage Offensive
• 9. Health and Hospitals
• 10. The People’s Church
• 11. Social Justice Programs
• 12. Puerto Rican Revolutionary Workers Organization
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Editor

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 0-8147-2293-8
• 0-8147-2273-3

OCLC:

779828060