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From Street Gang to Revolutionaries — José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez and The Young Lords Laid Groundwork for Radical Racial Justice Movements
José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, radical Puerto Rican activist and civil rights icon, passed away on January 10, 2025. He was 76. Best ...
ABC 7 Chicago21d
Public funeral held in honor of civil rights activist José 'Cha Cha' Jimenez
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Family and friends of José "Cha Cha" Jimenez will pay their respects after the civil rights figure died last week. "Cha Cha" Jimenez was the founder of the Young Lords in Chicago ...
CBS News24d
José "Cha Cha" Jiménez, who turned Chicago's Young Lords gang into human rights activist group, dies at 76
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Longtime Chicago activist and organizer José "Cha Cha" Jiménez, who transformed the Young Lords from a Lincoln Park neighborhood street gang into a civil and human rights ...
Chicago Sun-Times23d
José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez, human rights activist and former chair of Young Lords, dead at 76
José Cha Cha Jiménez speaks during a protest by the Young Lords and others after the fatal shooting of Manuel Ramos by a police officer in May 1969. Chicago Sun-Times archives Along with several ...
The New York Times15d
José Jiménez Dies at 76; Turned a Gang Into a Voice for Puerto Ricans
He retooled the Young Lords into a militant advocacy and service organization, modeled after the Black Panthers. Based in Chicago, it had chapters nationwide. By Clay Risen José Jiménez ...
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WGN-TV22d
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.
WBEZ24d
José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez, human rights activist and former chair of Young Lords, dead at 76
At left, José Cha Cha Jiménez, chairman of the Young Lords Organization, a Chicago-area Puerto Rican civil rights group. WBEZ “It was a group of people fighting side by side in an alliance for ...
Black Enterprise21d
Young Lords Founder And Civil Rights Activist José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez Dead At 76
Jiménez founded the Young Lords Organization at Chicago’s famed Lincoln Park in 1968, as cited by the Library of Congress. Jiménez took what started as a Puerto Rican street gang and ...
The Washington Post22d
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 co-founder of the Rainbow Coalition, died Jan. 10 at 76. His sister ...
Democracy Now24d
José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, Founder of the Young Lords, Dies at 76
The founder of the Young Lords, José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, has died at the age of 76. In the 1960s, Jiménez turned a Chicago street gang into a Puerto Rican political organization inspired by ...