03000cam a2200469 i 4500 21160032 20250607094844.2 190828s2020 ncuo b s001 0 eng 21160032 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg acquire 2 shelf copies policy default (ex.) NcU 2019-08-27 rf06 2019-08-30 (telework) to Dewey xm09 2019-09-03 xn16 2021-11-29 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. re12 2022-01-26 re12 2022-01-27 to CMD [Telework] 2019037862 9781469653440 (cloth) 9781469653457 (ebook) NcU/DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc n-us-ny F128.9.P85 F47 2020 323.1168/729507470904 23 HIS036060 bisacsh Fernández, Johanna, 1970- author. The Young Lords : a radical history / Johanna Fernández. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020] 468 pages : photographs ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "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. Young Lords (Organization) History. Puerto Ricans New York (State) New York Politics and government 20th century. Community activists New York (State) New York History 20th century. Political activists New York (State) New York History 20th century. Puerto Ricans Civil rights New York (State) New York History 20th century. Civil rights movements New York (State) New York History 20th century. Puerto Ricans New York (State) New York Social conditions 20th century. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century bisacsh New York (N.Y.) Ethnic relations History 20th century. New York (N.Y.) Social conditions 20th century. United States Relations Puerto Rico Public opinion. NcUCIP 2019-08-27