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Author:

Fernández, Johanna, 1970- author.

Title:

The Young Lords : a radical history / Johanna Fernández.

Publisher:

The University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

468 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Young Lords (Organization)--History.
Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--New York--New York--Politics and government--20th century.
Community activists--New York--New York--History--20th century.
Political activists--New York--New York--History--20th century.
Puerto Ricans--History--New York--New York--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--New York--New York--History--20th century.
Puerto Ricans--New York--New York--Social conditions--20th century.
New York (N.Y.)--History--History--20th century.
New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions--20th century.
United States--Public opinion.--Puerto Rico--Public opinion.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
Civil rights movements.
Community activists.
Ethnic relations.
International relations--Public opinion.
Political activists.
Puerto Ricans--Civil rights.
Puerto Ricans--Politics and government.
Puerto Ricans--Social conditions.
Social conditions.
New York (State)--New York.
Puerto Rico.
United States.
1900-1999
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

1469653443
9781469653440

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1119132643

LCCN:

2019037862

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)