40th annaversery of the young lords

[Corvo]

Influential Puerto Rican Activist Group the Young Lords Marks 40th Anniversary


Some of you, might like to see this.


AXE!

[PunkMaister]

this group was modeled after the Black Panthers and it is clear they share the same Neo Marxist/Leninist ideals as well. The reason this groups flourished so much in that era was the social inequalities and injustices of that time period. Am I the only one that sees how contradictory is for them to have said/say that they want self determination for Puerto Ricans but want the U.S out at all costs regardless of whether or not that's what the people they allegedly defend self determination for, want! Anyone?

[Corvo]

The reason this groups flourished so much in that era was the social inequalities and injustices of that time period.


You got this right!

It was a special time in N.Y.C. and the awareness of some people was just right for this small movement.
It's perhaps hard for you to see this. But then you are not expected to understand!

[Yujike]

Don Corvo, one Young Lord who made a big impression of my psyche during those teenage years was the poet Felipe Luciano.The Young Lords Organization evolved out of a Puerto Rican "gang" in Chicago led by Jose "Cha-Cha" Jimenez. The original Chicago Young Lords were led in their transformation in 1968 by Jimenez.Cha-Cha Jimenez later met Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton in 1969 and modeled the group after the Panthers. The New York Young Lords "Party" was organized in the summer of 1969 by student activists who were not exclusively of Puerto Rican background but various people of color. Felipe Luciano was the first chairman of the YLP and led extremely successful survival programs in "El Barrio," The Bronx, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Hartford, and Bridgeport. The Chicago YLO was equally successful in their community programs and that organization functioned well into the early 1980s. Luciano and Jimenez are still community activists and involved in youth organizations in the New York and Chicago areas.

[Corvo]

Yes you are correct Don Yujike, thank you for such a warm embrace!

[Yujike]

Don Corvo, believe or not, the same day I posted on your post on the Young Lords, I turned-on my I-Pod and guess who came out first: Jibaro: My Pretty N*i gger de Felipe Luciano at Sing-Sing with Eddie Palmieri!!

[Corvo]

That is funny! LoL!