Talk:Young Lords

I started this one. I had some contacts with these folks circa 1970 in New York. Very interesting, very worth an article, but I don't have much special knowledge and would be doing web research just like anyone else. I've tried to write a stub and point to some uesful online sources. -- Jmabel 21:01, Sep 24, 2004 (UTC)

I've seen some stuff on them. They recently had a documentary on Puerto Rican Nationalism called "Mi Puerto Rico" (on WNET station of PBS of course). It was quite interesting and did some coverage of the Young Lords. I was surprised to learn that Geraldo Rivera was actually a Young Lord. After watching a Latino Public Broadcasting program called "Valley of Tears" I looked up the webpage for that documentary and saw that Juan Gonzalez (the journalist from the New York Daily News) helped produce it and in the little bio of him it said that he was actually the founding member of the New York Chapter of the Young Lords. It's always interesting to see what these guys were doing back in the sixties. I'll add some stuff to this in a few days. Jersey Devil 00:22, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

I'm a researcher and teacher currently writing a dissertation, which will become a book, on the New York Young Lords. They were a very interesting and important organization that, unfortunately, too few people know much about. In the spirit of education, I need to correct Jersey Devil about a couple of things. First, Geraldo Rivera was not a member of the Young Lords. He certainly hung out with them and represented them in legal matters; but according to interviews I've done he was never "actually" a Young Lord. Second, Juan Gonzalez, while an important founding member and figure in the Lords, was not "the" founding member of the New York chapter. There were several other folks actively involved in that formative process. I hope that helps. A lot more deserves to be said about the YLO/YLP/PRRWO. JesusArocho 06:08, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

I will volunteer to add some historial background and commentary on this topic - since I was the first woman on the Central Committee of the Young Lords Party, and was a part of the early history of the formation of the Young Lords Organization, New York Chapter.

The comment about Geraldo Rivera was correct - he was not a member of the YLO/YLP. He was however an attorney for the Young Lords, and as such was often a spokesperson in the media on issues that the membership could not comment upon for legal reasons. Geraldo gained local media attention via his link to the YLO, and shifted his field from law to media studies/journalism as a direct result of his contact with our organization and the issues we were organizing around.

Denise — Preceding unsigned comment added by Denise Oliver-Velez (talk • contribs) 7 Dec 2005 (UTC)