There are a number of available resources for incorporating the history of the Young Lords Party and activism into your curriculum this semester (and beyond).

Book talk by Dr. Johanna Fernandez (Baruch) on The Young Lords: A Radical History

 

Activist New York: Power to All Oppressed People, The Young Lords in New York, 1969 – 1976
The Museum of the City of New York offers these primary sources, key terms, timelines, historical context, and lesson plans. Although aimed at middle and high school students, they can be easily adapted for teaching in a higher education context.

This Day in History: July 14, 1970, Young Lords Occupy Lincoln Hospital
Teaching resources from the Zinn Education Project, focusing on the Young Lords protest at Lincoln Hospital, Mott Haven. 

 

Enck-Wanzer, D. (Ed.) (2010). The young lords: A reader. New York, NY: New York University Press.

Morales, I. (1996). ¡Palante, siempre palante!. New York, NY: Latino Education Network Service – Third World Newsreel.

Morales, I. (1998). ¡PALANTE, SIEMPRE PALANTE!” In A. Torres & J.E. Velazquez (Eds.) The puerto rican movement: Voices from the diaspora (pp. 210-227). Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.

Nelson, J. (2001). Abortions under community control: Feminism, nationalism, and the politics of reproduction among New York City’s young lords.” Journal of Women’s History, 13(1), 157180.

The Young Lords Party & Abramson, M. (1971). ¡Palante!: Young lords party. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.