Daily Archives: October 12, 2021

The Hospital Occupation That Changed Public Health Care

“On July 14, 1970, members of the Young Lords occupied Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx — known locally as the ‘Butcher Shop.’ A group of activists, many of them in their late teens and 20s, barricaded themselves inside the … Continue reading

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