The Political Demands of the YLP
The YLP had a similar program like the BBP 10 point program. They program consisted of 13 programs.
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History of the Young Lords
The Young Lords (formerly the Young Lords Organization (YLO) or Young Lords Party ) is a civil and human rights organization transformed by the leadership of Jose Cha Cha Jimenez from a Chicago turf gang on September 23, 1968, 100 years after the Grito de Lares . The group's mission is to fight for neighborhood empowerment and self-determination of Puerto Rican s, Latinos, and colonized ("Third World") people. Tactics used by the Young Lords include mass education, community programs, and direct confrontation. The Young Lords were victims of the U.S. Government's COINTELPRO program. The Young Lords formed in 1960 as a Puerto Rican turf gang in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago . Jose Cha Cha Jimenez reconceived the group on the 100 year anniversary of Grito de Lares on September 23, 1968 as a national civil and human rights movement inspired by the student movements in Puerto Rico, the LatinX movements in the South West, and the organizi...