Prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez dies at 76
José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and ...
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José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez, human rights activist and former chair of Young Lords, dead at 76
Bobby Rush, deputy defense minister of the Illinois Black Panther Party, reads a statement on June 4, 1969, during a news conference following an early morning raid on the Chicago Panther ...
Young Lords Founder And Civil Rights Activist José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez Dead At 76
José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez, civil rights activist and founder of the Young Lords Organization, died Friday, Jan. 10. He was 76.
José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez, prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader, dies at 76
José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and ...
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How José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez Empowered Chicago Puerto Ricans: ‘He Was A True Revolutionary’
The Young Lords founder, who died Friday, inspired youth from different backgrounds to work together to fight for equality ...
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Betty Van Patter, the Black Panthers’ bookkeeper, was murdered 50 years ago. Who killed her?
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José "Cha Cha" Jiménez, who turned Chicago's Young Lords gang into human rights activist group, dies at 76
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.