East Harlem Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito fought to preserve the People’s Church in East Harlem, the church that the Young Lords took over on December 28, 1969. Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: Young Lords
Harlem Building And Historic District Under Consideration For Landmark Designation
Today, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), unanimously voted in favor of calendaring. Continue Reading →
When The Young Lords Fought For Social Justice In Uptown
Not to be missed Paulo Fabre-Pé Direito (Off on the Right Foot) show curated by Luis R. Cancel defining show about the Young Lords. Continue Reading →
Harlem’s The Last Poets Were Hip-Hop’s First Poets (video)
The Last Poets is the name for several groups of poets and musicians who arose from the late 1960s African-American civil rights movement’s black nationalist movement. Continue Reading →
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