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1 online resource (1 audio file (23hr., 46 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Joana Garcia. |
| 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. Utilizing 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, Johanna Fernández has written the definitive account of the Young Lords. Led predominantly by poor and working-class Puerto Rican youth, and consciously fashioned after the Black Panther Party, the Young Lords confronted race and class inequality and questioned American foreign policy. Their imaginative, irreverent protests and media conscious tactics won significant reforms and exposed US mainland audiences to the country's quiet imperial project in Puerto Rico. In riveting style, Fernández demonstrates how the Young Lords redefined the character of protest, the color of politics, and the cadence of popular urban culture in the age of great dreams. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Young Lords (Organization) -- History.
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Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Community activists -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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Political activists -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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Puerto Ricans -- Civil rights -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights movements -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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United States -- Relations -- Puerto Rico -- Public opinion.
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Garcia, Joana.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781705232972 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1705232973 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13697882 |
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