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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OTL #953: Chicago’s “Taping Guy,” The Surge Institute’s civil rights work
Mike Stephen talks to Aadam Jacobs, a Chicagoan who has recorded thousands of local live music performances, about why he’s ...
14 events to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Chicago
Jan. 20 is a federally observed holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Over the weekend, communities across the city will host events and service opportunities to honor the civil ...
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Chicago high school students learn more about Martin Luther King ahead of holiday: 'It's important'
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Next Monday is also Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: a day to reflect on the contributions of the murdered civil rights leader. On Thursday, some kids at Whitney Young High School got ...
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José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez, Young Lords founder and civil rights leader, dies at 76
Under Jiménez's leadership, the Young Lords eventually expanded to New York City and, in 1969, the organization joined the ...
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Groups During the American Civil Rights Movement
Chicago white racists were notorious for ... increased again in the 1950s and 1960s in opposition to the civil rights movement. In line with their founding ambitions, the Ku Klux Klan attacked ...
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Chicago students learn more about Martin Luther King ahead of holiday Next Monday is also Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: a day to reflect on the contributions of the murdered civil rights leader.
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Civil rights groups urge IL lawmakers to pass measure amid recent rise in hate crime
CHICAGO — Civil rights groups are calling on state lawmakers to pass legislation to address a recent rise in hate crimes. Representatives from 15 civil rights organizations met on Monday at The ...
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Pay attention: There’s a second civil rights movement
This column was adapted from the forthcoming “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement,” to be released on Jan. 14. As an author and journalist ...
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José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez, founder of Chicago’s Young Lords, dies at 76
José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and co-founder of the Rainbow Coalition has died. He was 76.
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Music in the Civil Rights Movement
There was a benefit for SNCC McCormick Place in Chicago, that featured gospel groups with a chorus of freedom singers from across the south. The Civil Rights Movement challenged racism ...
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 ...