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.



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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

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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 Rodríguez, said in a Facebook post that he died Friday morning. A cause of death was not given. Jiménez in the 1960s founded the Young Lords as a street gang to counter the growing hostility toward the Puerto Rican community in Lincoln Park, at the…

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Jiménez was a prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader and founder of the Young Lords Organization.

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José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez, Young Lords founder and civil rights leader, dies at 76

In 1968, José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez enrolled in a course to earn a high school diploma to fulfill a judge’s requirement after a 60-day stint in Cook County Jail on drug charges. The teacher took the class to see the anti-war demonstrators drawn to Chicago by the Democratic convention that August, which both excited and confused Jiménez. He could relate to young people taking on the cops, but he didn’t understand why they were cheering for the commun…

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José 'Cha Cha' Jimenez funeral arrangements to be held Thursday for founder of the Young Lords in Chicago. He was 76.

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José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez, a human rights activist who co-founded the Rainbow Coalition and served as a leader of the Young Lords organization, died on Jan. 10. He was 76. Jiménez spent much of the late 1960s and early 1970s fighting gentrification in Lincoln Park, partnering with other organizations in Chicago to assist low-income and minority communities, and campaigning for an independent Puerto Rico.

José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez, activista de derechos humanos que cofundó la Rainbow Coalition y se desempeñó como líder de la organización Young Lords, murió el 10 de enero. Tenía 76 años de edad.Jiménez pasó gran parte de finales de los años 60 y principios de los 70 luchando contra la gentrificación en Lincoln Park, aliándose con otras organizaciones en Chicago para ayudar a las comunidades de las minorías y de bajos ingresos, y haciendo campaña por …

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Prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez dies at 76

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