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José Jiménez (August 8, 1948 – January 10, 2025), nicknamed Cha Cha, was a Puerto Rican-American political activist and the founder of the Young Lords, a Chicago-based street gang that became a civil and human rights organization. [1] [2] Started on September 23, 1968, it was most active in the late 1960s and 1970s.
The Gay Liberation Network (GLN) is a multi-issue LGBT direct action organization based in Chicago, Illinois. The group was founded in September 1998, after Matthew Shepard was murdered and three gay bashings that took place in Boystown, Chicago.
[10] The clinic's director, Dorthy Cutler, worked with Cook County Hospital and other major hospitals in the Chicago area to provide free medical care in the Chicago area. [25] The Chicago Brown Berets were activists for public education. The group occupied Frobel Middle School for a day before the Chicago Police removed the protestors from the ...
Illinois Equal Suffrage Association pamphlet, 1903. Alpha Suffrage Club, formed in 1913. [1]Chicago Equal Suffrage Association, formerly the North Side Branch of IESA, created in 1910.
A Chicago elementary school has unveiled a new sign letting people know it is leaving behind the name of a The post Chicago school renamed to honor civil rights activist Harriet Tubman appeared ...
Despite smaller crowds, activists at Democrats' convention call Chicago anti-war protests a success SOPHIA TAREEN, LEA SKENE, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JOEY CAPPELLETTI August 22, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Charlene Carruthers – activist and physical education teacher who director of Black Youth Project 100 and board member of SisterSong [4] Shannon Downey – activist and crafter known for her work as a cross-stitcher in craftivism [5] [6] Henry Gerber – activist who founded the Society for Human Rights, the first LGBT rights organization in ...