The Young Lords

This book was published with the assistance of the Authors Fund of the
University of North Carolina Press.

Designed and set in Arno and Trade Gothic types by Rebecca Evans

Manufactured in the United States of America

The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the

Green Press Initiative since 2003.

Jacket photograph: Young Lords Rally, Newark, NJ, June 20, 1970; © David Fenton.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Fernández, Johanna, 1970- author.

Title: The Young Lords : a radical history / Johanna Fernández.

Description: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020] |
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019037862 | ISBN 9781469653440 (cloth) | ISBN 9781469653457 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Young Lords (Organization)—History. | Puerto Ricans—New York (State)—New York—Politics and government—20th century. | Community activists—New York (State)—New York—History—20th century. | Political activists—New York (State)—New York—History—20th century. | Puerto Ricans—Civil rights—New York (State)—New York—History—20th century. | Civil rights movements—New York (State)—New York—History—20th century. | Puerto Ricans—New York (State)—New York—Social conditions—20th century. | New York (N.Y.)—Ethnic relations—History—20th century. | New York (N.Y.)—Social conditions—20th century. | United States—Relations—Puerto Rico—Public opinion. | BISAC: HISTORY / United States / 20th Century

Classification: LCC F128.9.P85 F47 2020 | DDC 323.1168/729507470904—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019037862