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. 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,

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Next Monday is also Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: a day to reflect on the contributions of the murdered civil rights leader. On Thursday, some kids at Whitney Young High School got ...

During Martin Luther King Jr.'s years of public appearances, he visited S.C. 10 times between 1959 and 1967, favoring the Penn Center in as a special retreat.

Under Jiménez's leadership, the Young Lords eventually expanded to New York City and, in 1969, the organization joined the Rainbow Coalition — a then little-known movement ... Chicago, Cha Cha became one of the most pivotal figures in the civil rights ...

The Young Lords, as transformed by Jiménez into an activist organization, found a purpose in particular as the Puerto Rican community was being pushed out of Lincoln Park in the late 60s.

José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and co-founder of the Rainbow Coalition, died Jan. 10 at 76. His sister, Daisy Rodríguez,

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 ...

Montgomery Alabama is really the birthplace of Civil Rights Movement. There are five important experiences on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail in Montgomery Alabama that will help you gain an understanding of the struggles and the triumphs and how what happened here changed the world.

On the site where The Embrace memorializes Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King once stood a social club that embodied the city’s earlier struggle for racial equality.

Since its enactment in 1986, I’ve attended numerous Martin Luther King Jr. holiday commemorations. Nearly all have been disappointing. Few speakers demonstrate knowledge of the foremost leader of the

Former Associated Press journalist and newsroom leader Paul Driscoll has died at the age of 91. Driscoll covered the civil rights movement and 1968 Democratic National Convention protests in Chicago.

Jan. 20 is a federally observed holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Over the weekend, communities across the city will host events and service opportunities to honor the civil rights leader's legacy.