Cha Cha Jimenez

Cha Cha Jiminez

Template:TOCnestleft Cha Cha Jimenez was a leader of the Young Lords.

Rainbow

Young Patriots Organization was an American left-wing organization of the 1960s and 1970s. Growing out of an Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) project called Jobs Or Income Now (JOIN), its first leaders included Doug Blakey, the son of Peggy Terry; Jack Boykin; Bobby Joe Mcginnis; William Fesperman; and Hy Thurman.

Originating in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, the organization was designed to support young, white migrants from the Appalachia region. However membership was open to all races. With Fred Hampton of the Black Panther Party, Cha Cha Jimenez of the Young Lords, and Katiri LaRouge of the Native American Housing Committee, the Young Patriots Organization helped to form the Rainbow Coalition (unrelated to Jesse Jackson's later Rainbow/PUSH Coalition).

1969 press conference

left to right Fred Hampton, Bobby Rush, Cha Cha Jimenez, Mike Klonsky

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