CHICAGO – Sunday marks one year since two Chicago Public Schools students were shot and killed in The Loop. The students have since been identified as 16-year-old Robert Boston and 17-year-old ...

Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) said the fear is heightened that Immigration and Customs Enforcement will target schools, ...

He retooled the Young Lords into a militant advocacy and service organization, modeled after the Black Panthers. Based in ...

The breakfast honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. marks a homecoming for keynote speaker Ben Jealous, executive director ...

Puerto Rico native and social justice leader José “Cha Cha” Jiménez died at age 76. According to NBC News, his sister Daisy ...

José "Cha Cha" Jimenez, a Puerto Rican activist in Chicago, died last week. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with DePaul University professor Jacqueline Lazú about his life and legacy.

José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and ...

"Cha Cha" Jimenez was the founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and co-founder of the Rainbow Coalition. What started as a ...

José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez, civil rights activist and founder of the Young Lords Organization, died Friday, Jan. 10. He was 76.

José "Cha Cha" Jiménez, a prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader and founder of the Young Lords Organization, has died.