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José "Cha Cha" Jiménez (born August 8, 1948) is a political activist and the founder of the Young Lords Organization, a Chicago-based street gang that became a civil and human rights organization.[1][2] Started in September 23, 1968, it was most active in the late 1960s and 1970s.
Born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, Jiménez was taken as an infant by his mother to the continental United States the following year. They lived for a time with his father near Boston, Massachusetts, but within two years the family moved to Chicago to join relatives. As a youth, he ran with a street gang, but made a turn-around in 1968 and devoted himself to reviving the Young Lords to work on issues of human rights, beginning in Chicago. Issues included redlining, displacement of the poor, welfare rights and dignity, police relations, and community needs. In addition to establishing breakfast, education and health programs, they organized politically to negotiate with city officials. They also set up chapters in other cities with Puerto Rican and Latino populations, to work on social justice.
^Grossman, Ron (8 July 2018). "The Young Lords: How a street gang turned to community activism". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
^"The Young Lords: The Puerto Rican Activists Who Shook Up NYC". Sum.cuny.edu. 6 February 2020. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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