Tag Archives: Chicano/Puerto Rican

José “Cha Cha” Jiménez

Posted on February 21, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

50 Years Later: Lessons in Activism from the Young Lords of Lincoln Park: “The Walgreens at the corner of East Armitage Avenue and North Dayton Street in Lincoln Park was not always a Walgreens. A quick glance east and west … Continue reading →

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Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 – Iris Morales

Posted on January 21, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Lifting Up the Struggles of the Mujerxs of the Young Lords Party: Reflections on Iris Morales’ Book: “Iris Morales’ book, Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords 1969-1976 documents the perspective of women cadre in the formation of one … Continue reading →

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Erased from utopia: the hidden history of LA’s black and brown resistance – Mike Davis and Jon Wiener

Posted on January 8, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

The activist Angela Davis with the actor Jane Fonda during a demonstration against the Vietnam war at UCLA. “In August 1965, thousands of young Black people in Watts set fire to the illusion that Los Angeles was a youth paradise. … Continue reading →

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Chicanismo

Posted on November 3, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Under the banner of the United Farm Workers (UFW), labor activists Gilbert Padilla (with mustache in short-sleeved shirt), Cesar Chavez (1927 – 1993) (who holds a little girl’s hand) and Richard Chavez (right, clapping) are escorted by a crowd into … Continue reading →

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The Young Lords: A reader: “Health and hospitals”

Posted on October 9, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Upon commandeering the chest x-ray unit, the Young Lords named it after 19th-century Afro-Puerto Rican physician and abolitionist Ramón Emeterio Betances. “Adequate health care for the poor was one of the chief demands of the Young Lords. Faced with a … Continue reading →

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Up Against the Real: Black Mask from Art to Action – Nadja Millner-Larsen

Posted on September 23, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Black Mask protesting on Wall Street, New York, 1960s “There are many paths through the radical arts of the 1960s. Nadja Millner-Larsen’s Up Against the Real: Black Mask from Art to Action takes one back alley and turns it into a … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Coalition

Posted on August 1, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Rainbow Coalition was an antiracist, anticlass multicultural movement founded April 4, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois by Fred Hampton of the Black Panther Party, along with William ‘Preacherman’ Fesperman of the Young Patriots Organization and José Cha Cha Jiménez, founder … Continue reading →

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The Contemporary Arts of Attica – E. C. Feiss

Posted on July 24, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Cover of the Attica Book, illustration by Antonio Frasconi. “In 1972, the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition (BECC), in partnership with the organization Artists and Writers Protest Against the War in Vietnam, published the culmination of their swift response to the September … Continue reading →

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Chicano Moratorium

Posted on May 2, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

August 29, 1970: A Day Every Chicana/o Must Always Remember “The Chicano Moratorium, formally known as the National Chicano Moratorium Committee Against The Vietnam War, was a movement of Chicano anti-war activists that built a broad-based coalition of Mexican-American groups … Continue reading →

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East L.A. walkouts

Posted on April 16, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Sal Castro addresses students during the East L.A. Blowouts in 1968. “The East Los Angeles Walkouts or Chicano Blowouts were a series of 1968 protests by Chicano students against unequal conditions in Los Angeles Unified School District high schools. The … Continue reading →

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Sunset Strip curfew riots

Posted on April 11, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Sunset Strip curfew riots, also known as the ‘hippie riots’, were a series of early counterculture-era clashes that took place between police and young people on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California in 1966. … In 1966, the … Continue reading →

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Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties – Mike Davis and Jon Wiener (2020)

Posted on February 16, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties is a book by Mike Davis and Jon Wiener about Los Angeles in the 1960s. The authors combine archival research and personal interviews with their own experiences in the civil rights … Continue reading →

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A Bronx Tale: The Story Of The Ghetto Brothers

Posted on December 18, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Benjy Melendez bounds down a staircase at the entrance to the Prospect Avenue elevated subway station in the South Bronx, looks around at the buildings dotting the intersection and sweeps his left arm for emphasis as he declares, ‘This used … Continue reading →

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Nuyorican movement

Posted on October 14, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

THE LIFE AND POETRY OF JULIA DE BURGOS, Directed by Jose Garcia Torres, 1979, 28 minutes “The Nuyorican movement is a cultural and intellectual movement involving poets, writers, musicians and artists who are Puerto Rican or of Puerto Rican descent, … Continue reading →

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195: Ramparts Press – Josh MacPhee

Posted on June 17, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“I’m going to try to be a little less complete-ist than I’ve been in the past, hopefully making these posts a bit easier to compile. To that end, this is hardly the complete output of Ramparts Press, but a dozen … Continue reading →

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Year of the Mad Bomber

Posted on April 20, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Sam Melville “Throughout much of 1968, Sam Melville, an unemployed 34-year-old with an estranged wife and 5-year-old son, frequently sat at his desk in a squalid apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, contemplating how he could destroy America. … Continue reading →

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Poetry Readings/Reading Poetry in the San Francisco Bay Area; Poems in Street, Coffeehouse, and Print—The Mid-1960s; The Language in Trouble—The Late 1960s, etc.

Posted on October 30, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Beatniks on parade 1958. “Part I. In 1958, in Richmond, across the bay from San Francisco, I was in the twelfth grade. In Mrs. Weatherby’s English class, a history of literature, the mandatory play was Hamlet. We had come to … Continue reading →

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The Hospital Occupation That Changed Public Health Care

Posted on October 12, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“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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Attica Prison riot

Posted on September 13, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Inmates at Attica shouted their demands during a negotiating session with state corrections officials in September 1971. “The Attica Prison Rebellion, also known as the Attica Prison Massacre, Attica Uprising or Attica Prison Riot, was the bloodiest prison riot in … Continue reading →

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Mapping Resistance: The Young Lords in El Barrio

Posted on September 10, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“This past July, after thousands upon thousands of protestors flooded the streets of Puerto Rico calling for the ouster of former governor Ricardo Rosselló because of his administration’s offensive chat messages and a pattern of money laundering, conspiracy, and wire fraud, … Continue reading →

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Spanish Harlem / El Barrio

Posted on August 31, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, New York City, roughly encompassing the area north of the Upper East Side and bounded by 96th Street to the south, Fifth Avenue to … Continue reading →

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The Unheralded Music of Detroit’s Strata Records

Posted on June 26, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“In the late 1960s, Detroit was a simmering cauldron of frustration and righteous outrage. As Detroit’s famed auto industry hemorrhaged jobs, threatening the economic lifeblood of the Black working class, the response to police brutality and racism grew increasingly militant. … Continue reading →

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Debunking ’60s Myths and Catchphrases

Posted on May 15, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Crossing street at Masonic and Haight, 1967. “… The system not only referred to capitalism or to economics. The system represented the constellation of forces that dominated and controlled all aspects of social life from sexual mores to the oppression … Continue reading →

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Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American – L. A. Kauffman

Posted on April 21, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“In 1971, the People Didn’t Just March on Washington — They Shut It Down. The largest and most audacious direct action in US history is also among the least remembered, a protest that has slipped into deep historical obscurity. It was … Continue reading →

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The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History

Posted on March 2, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Fred Hampton was the 21-year-old chief of staff and national spokesperson for the Black Panther Party when, on the morning of Dec. 4, 1969, Chicago police broke into his apartment and murdered him. Hampton was considered a charismatic danger by … Continue reading →

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The Campaign Against The Underground Press*

Posted on December 12, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Kaleidoscope, April 26-May 9, 1969 “In the 1960s, investigative journalists, poets, novelists, political activists, community organizers, and artists formed an unprecedented alliance for change in the vigorous underground press movement that flourished in the United States. This network of counterculture, … Continue reading →

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‘Prairie Fire’ Memories

Posted on October 28, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“I could wallow in nostalgia about my days with the Weather Underground in the early 1970s: at Coney Island with Bernardine Dohrn, eating Bill Ayers’ soufflés and Jeff Jones’ homemade breads and the thrill of having my left earlobe pieced … Continue reading →

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Taller Boricua: A Political Print Shop in New York

Posted on October 19, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

A print by Adrián García, an original member of the Puerto Rican Workshop. “In celebration of Taller Boricua’s 50th anniversary, El Museo del Barrio is pleased to present Taller Boricua: A Political Print Shop in New York, the first monograph exhibition … Continue reading →

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What Was the Protest Group Students for a Democratic Society? Five Questions Answered

Posted on September 9, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Several hundred people affiliated with the SDS race through the Los Angeles Civic Center in a 1968 demonstration against the Vietnam war. “… 1. What were the goals of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) when it started? SDS wanted … Continue reading →

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In 1971, the People Didn’t Just March on Washington — They Shut It Down

Posted on August 1, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The largest and most audacious direct action in US history is also among the least remembered, a protest that has slipped into deep historical obscurity. It was a protest against the Vietnam War, but it wasn’t part of the storied … Continue reading →

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Spanish Harlem Style, 1960

Posted on June 22, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Joe Cuba Sextet – Wanted Dead or Alive (1966) “In the summer of 1966, The Joe Cuba Sextet played a show in Asbury Park, a small seaside town in New Jersey known for its beachfront properties and country clubs. ‘It’s … Continue reading →

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Noam Chomsky Explains the Best Way for Ordinary People to Make Change in the World, Even When It Seems Daunting

Posted on June 8, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The threat of widespread violence and unrest descends upon the country, thanks again to a collection of actors viciously opposed to civil rights, and in many cases, to the very existence of people who are different from them. They have … Continue reading →

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Richard Avedon: Murals & Portraits

Posted on May 28, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Richard Avedon photographing SNCC demonstrators, March 1963 “Gagosian Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of Richard Avedon’s legendary photographic murals and related portraits. The exhibition has been drawn from the collection of and developed in collaboration with The Richard … Continue reading →

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Latin Liberation News Service: The Newspapers of the Young Lords Organization

Posted on May 26, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Young Lords began in 1959 as a street gang in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. By the end of the next decade it had transformed into an explosive social movement rooted in communities across the country. After reorganizing and formally … Continue reading →

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THE MOVEMENT

Posted on April 15, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“… For six years during that era, a small-circulation newspaper, THE MOVEMENT, was published each month in San Francisco and distributed nationwide. At its peak, it produced a 25,000 copy press run with 2,500 paid subscriptions. Of the many “underground … Continue reading →

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Merging of Messages, Proliferation of Protest (May 2, 1968)

Posted on March 28, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“I remember a year ago, when the march began in the Sheep Meadow, and the people walked through the midtown streets until they came to the plaza of the United Nations to hear the man they now mourn repeat as … Continue reading →

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Help Save Your Children – Johanna Fernández

Posted on March 27, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Puerto Ricans demonstrate for civil rights at City Hall in Manhattan, 1967. “Identified as a distinct condition in the first decade of the twentieth century, childhood lead poisoning, more serious and potentially fatal than its counterpart among adults, is usually … Continue reading →

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New York City school boycott

Posted on February 3, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The New York City school boycott, known as Freedom Day, was a mass boycott and demonstration on February 3, 1964 to protest segregation in the New York City public school system. Students and teachers stayed out of public schools to … Continue reading →

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Uncovering the Truth About a Raid on the Black Panthers

Posted on January 11, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The call came in the early morning hours of December 4, 1969. ‘Come to the crib’ was the command. ‘The police have murdered Chairman Fred.’ I was a second-year law student at Northwestern Law School, working with a group of … Continue reading →

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Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers – Tom Wolfe (1970)

Posted on January 5, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers is a 1970 book by Tom Wolfe. The book, Wolfe’s fourth, is composed of two articles by Wolfe, ‘These Radical Chic Evenings’, first published in June 1970 in New York magazine, about a … Continue reading →

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