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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

I keep a pin of the Young Lords logo in my backpack. There was a time when we were united and fought for issues that mattered to our respective communities.

According to Sonia Song-Ha Lee, Black Americans and Puerto Ricans frequently collaborated in the 1960s across New York City to advocate for better public schooling and other civil rights issues. Groups like the Black Panthers found partners in the radical militant group The Young Lords, which ironically, also had non-Hispanic, African American members, like Denise Oliver-Velez.
Circle pin of Puerto Rican flag, silhouette of gun and words "Young Lords Party"