Young Lords 40th Anniversary: Community & Cadre

REBEL MEDIA
EPISODE #11,
SEGMENT #1
Originated in Chicago, and following the example and philosophy laid out by the Black Panthers Party and Chairman Fred Hampton, the Young Lords were organized out of street gangs, by Jose "Cha Cha" Jimenez, as a means of combating racial prejudiced and social injustice.
In NYC's Spanish Harlem, the Young Lords took over the First Spanish United Methodist Church in the summer of 1969. They began a campaign to organize and mobilize the community and provide health care services, meals, clothing, cultural and political education.
40 years later, 2009, more than 20 members returned and joined an audience of 200 people to commemorate their actions and re-enforce the theme of community and cadre.
Ismael Nunez has the details.
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[afterdarkcatvpro]

@2cutekatie Many share your sentiment. The Panthers & Youngs of the 1960s began as street gangs that looked to a higher purpose. Elijah Mohammad, founder of the Nation of Islam in the US, found many of his followers in prisons. These were men, like Malcolm Little (aka Malcolm X) who found, in themselves, a greater social purpose.

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[afterdarkcatvpro]

@2cutekatie Many share your sentiment. The Panthers & Youngs of the 1960s began as street gangs that looked to a higher purpose. Elijah Mohammad, founder of the Nation of Islam in the US, found many of his followers in prisons. These were men, like Malcolm Little (aka Malcolm X) who found, in themselves, a greater social purpose.

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[2cutekatie]

what is needed is a resurrection of the old style political mindset of the 1960 and 1970s.The blacks and Latin/street gangs are animalistic hoodlums.