Chicago police arrest several people after a rock-throwing melee during a Young Lords gathering at Armitage Avenue and Dayton Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on Aug. 23, 1969. Michael ...

The Young Lords, as transformed by Jiménez into an activist organization, found a purpose in particular as the Puerto Rican community was being pushed out of Lincoln Park in the late 60s.

The Young Lords organized and fought against several injustices, especially gentrification. A new "Chicago Stories" documentary outlines their entire story. Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices is ...

A Young Lords 50th anniversary symposium was held at DePaul University’s Lincoln Park Campus, Sept. 21 to 23, 2018. Sunday, Sept. 23 also marked the 150th anniversary of Grito de Lares, the ...

DePaul will acknowledge other Young Lord accomplishments in May 2024, when they will unveil a plaque that is the first history marker in the city of Chicago to celebrate the impact the Young Lords ...

The Young Lords' fight to keep Lincoln Park Latino is a nearly forgotten part of Chicago history, but new era members are shedding new light. ... CHICAGO (WLS) -- Back in the 1950s and 1960s, ...

José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez, human rights activist and former chair of Young Lords, dead at 76 Mr. Jiménez spent much of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s fighting gentrification in Lincoln Park ...

But in May of 1970 the New York Lords decided to become the Young Lords “Party” and formally split with the original gang of Lords in Chicago. “The Young Lords in Chicago were too street for the Young ...

ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch "Cha Cha" Jimenez was the founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and co-founder of the Rainbow Coalition.

José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez, human rights activist and former chair of Young Lords, dead at 76 Mr. Jiménez spent much of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s fighting gentrification in Lincoln Park ...