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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 ...
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 ...
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José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez Dies: Young Lords Founder And Civil Rights Leader Was 76
Puerto Rico native and social justice leader José “Cha Cha” Jiménez died at age 76. According to NBC News, his sister Daisy Rodríguez announced the sad news in a Facebook post on January 10. “IT IS ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
Prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader José “Cha Cha” Jiménez 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. His sister, Daisy ...
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How José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez Empowered Chicago Puerto Ricans: ‘He Was A True Revolutionary’
José "Cha Cha" Jiménez, Chairman of the Young Lords Organization Credit: ST-19160650-0008Chicago Sun-Times collection, Chicago History Museum HUMBOLDT PARK — José “Cha Cha” Jiménez represented Puerto ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Civil Rights Leader José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez, Founder of Young Lords in Chicago, 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. His sister, Daisy ...
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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 ...